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MONROE WARD CROSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordMonroe Ward Cross, of Colusa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 54
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Colusa, California (Colusa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 54
- GARY MAURICE BRIXENStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- HAROLD BURTONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- RODGER KENNETH CAINSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- DAVID LEE EATONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEONARD MCCARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE MCLEODPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 58
From Colusa
- MICHAEL ALAN POGUEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT J LORENZOSergeant · March 24, 1968
- KRAG COLT BULLIS SRStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1971
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.