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JAMES EDWARD CROSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Crosby, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 4
- CHARLES WESTLEY ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FRED ANDREW GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- KENNETH NEAL HATCHSergeant · September 24, 1969
- ARCHIE EVERETT HICKSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGG LAWRENCE COCHRANEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 3
- JOHN WILBUR SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 5
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.