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JOSEPH CROSSLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1942 – April 22, 1967
Service recordJoseph Crossley, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 68
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE BROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 67
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 70
- WESLEY IRWIN PIZERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 71
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 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.