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JAMES NORRIE CROCKER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 12, 1937 – July 8, 1969
Service recordJames Norrie Crocker JR, of Hubert, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 82
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Hubert, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 82
- STANLEY STEWART FENNERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR GAPINSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ROGER GARNERSergeant · July 8, 1969
- SALVATORE ANTHONY GELUSOMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1969
From Hubert
- RODNEY D COLLINSCaptain · February 27, 1971
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.