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HUGH W CROSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1943 – July 29, 1967
Service recordHugh W Cross, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1943
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 18
- WILLIAM DANIEL COLLINSSeaman · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES LEE CRENSHAWPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ONA HAYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 27
- JOSEPH R NATOLISecond Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 36
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.