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JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordJackie Lawrence Crosby, of Walterboro, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Walterboro, South Carolina (Colleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 18
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RONALD LYNN FRANCELance Corporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 17
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 18
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 24
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Walterboro
- LEONARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK BOWMANPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- BEN WILLIAMSMaster Sergeant · May 31, 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.