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JOHN RAYMOND CROUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Raymond Crouse, of Hillsboro, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Ohio (Highland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 8
- WILHELM KARL DAMMERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWIN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS NELSON DEANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 7
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 19
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 28
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
From Hillsboro
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- CARY FRANCIS MCAFEECaptain · September 14, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROWNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1968
- OLLIE JAMES GROSSPetty Officer First Class · April 23, 1969
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.