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NATHAN EUGENE CROUCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – January 27, 1969
Service recordNathan Eugene Crouch, of Farmington, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Farmington, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 92
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · January 27, 1969
- CAMERON JOSEPH DEVINEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- WALTER LARRY FERRELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 27, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH GNIADEKCorporal · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYSSpecialist Five · Panel 33W, Line 1
From Farmington
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 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.
