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MELVIN EUGENE CROSSMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – December 13, 1967
Service recordMelvin Eugene Crossman, of Monte Vista, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Monte Vista, Colorado (Rio Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 86
- DONALD RAY BURGESSPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- GRADY ISIAIAH CARRIKER JRCaptain · December 13, 1967
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL CARTERStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE COTTONMajor · December 13, 1967
From Monte Vista
- CLAUDE ARNOLD SILVALieutenant Colonel · January 29, 1967
- LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
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.