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JAMES CHARLES KROUSE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1931 – October 3, 1967
Service recordJames Charles Krouse, of North Highlands, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 8, 1931
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 44
- ROLAND BALENTINE JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- DONALD VERN FREEMANCaptain · October 3, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.