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HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JR
Major · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – February 11, 1969
Service recordHarold William Kroske JR, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 11, 1969, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 11, 1969
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 13
- EDWARD MONROE HOLTZMANSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- LONNIE ELWOOD HOOPAUGHPetty Officer Second Class · February 11, 1969
- JAMES EUGENE KIRBYWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH CANNONSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 11
- GARY ROBERT REEDCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 16
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.