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JAMES EMORY CROSS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 23, 1944 – April 24, 1970
Service recordJames Emory Cross, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 24, 1970, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 56 SPEC OPS SQ UDORN AB
- Born
- June 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 44
- STEVEN MARK CRONRATHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · April 24, 1970
- ERNEST ERVIN ENGLISHSergeant · April 24, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 1970
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.