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MICHAEL JOHN CROMIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – November 18, 1968
Service recordMichael John Cromie, of Harper Woods, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Harper Woods, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 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 38W, Line 6
- DAVID EDGAR HOFFERTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- LLOYD KENNETH TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1968
- DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMERLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- JEFFREY RANDOLP BEARDSLEYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
From Harper Woods
- BARRY FRANK ANDERSENPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHULTZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOSEPH CLERMAN WIAR JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- PAUL DAVID MANNEROWLance Corporal · May 10, 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.