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ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1945 – October 7, 1966
Service recordOrman Lee Crossley JR, of Jamestown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Jamestown, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 55
- GARY WILLIAM BRAASCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
From Jamestown
- JOHN FRANKLIN BARRYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS PAUL LIGAMMARISpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 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.