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GERALD LEE CROSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1945 – June 28, 1966
Service recordGerald Lee Crosby, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 104
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- CARL RICKIE HUTSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- ADRIEN MANU JORDAN-MOLEROSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE F RUNEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.