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HERBERT CHARLES CROSBY
Captain · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – January 10, 1970
Service recordHerbert Charles Crosby, of Ft Sill, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 22
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Sill, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 10, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 22
- JOSE F GUERRERO JRSergeant · January 9, 1970
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- MONTE RAOUL DEVEREMaster Sergeant · January 10, 1970
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 14W, Line 23
From Ft Sill
- MANUEL DELEON DOMINESergeant · October 25, 1970
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.