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JAMES LARRY CROCKETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1942 – July 1, 1968
Service recordJames Larry Crockett, of Scottsboro, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Scottsboro, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 27
- RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JRSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- LESLIE LOUIS CARTERPetty Officer First Class · July 1, 1968
- TERRY LEE COGGINSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
From Scottsboro
- GEORGE MCCUTCHENColonel · November 20, 1965
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · January 31, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CHAMBERSCorporal · July 15, 1966
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
- WILLIAM AVALON PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · July 26, 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.