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LOUIS JOHN CROSBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – July 3, 1970
Service recordLouis John Crosby, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 115
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FRAKESCorporal · July 3, 1970
- NELSON MICHAEL HYLERPetty Officer Second Class · July 3, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.