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RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1941 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Alexander Crosby, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1967
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 23
- GERRY GEORGE CHESNUTSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSISCorporal · December 2, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 31E, Line 24
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 31E, Line 25
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 26
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.