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JAMES ROLAND MCCRONE
Captain · U.S. Army
March 3, 1945 – June 16, 1970
Service recordJames Roland McCrone, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 58
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 58
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT WILFRED MCDONALDSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- BOBBY WAYNE POWELLSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SEARGENTSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.