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JOSEPH ALEXANDER CROSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – November 15, 1966
Service recordJoseph Alexander Cross, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 73
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JOSEPH RODNEY CRAFTLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- JIMMY SHERMAN DAFFRONLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- WALTER EUGENE DANIELSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.