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JAMES CHARLES CROSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – April 19, 1969
Service recordJames Charles Crose, of Ashford, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashford, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD ALLARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · April 19, 1969
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 6
- DAVID LOREN MCGILLCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 11
From Ashford
- NILE DEAN SHUMATESergeant · June 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.