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JIMMY ONEAL CROFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – June 8, 1968
Service recordJimmy Oneal Croft, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 3
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 3
- PHILIP GEORGE COLONNASergeant · June 8, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN EDMONDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- RONALD EDMOND FORGETSergeant · June 8, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.