The Wall › Panel 21E › California › Michael O Crossen
MICHAEL O CROSSEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1947 – June 15, 1967
Service recordMichael O Crossen, of Bloomington, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 104
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 104
- WILLIE DAVIS JRSergeant · June 15, 1967
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- DAVID JERRELL ENMONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- JAMES CHARLES FEKETESergeant First Class · June 15, 1967
From Bloomington
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- CHARLES MAC DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · March 22, 1967
- BRADLEY ALLEN KINDERSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.