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RICHARD MARVIN KROSSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – September 13, 1967
Service recordRichard Marvin Krossen, of Redlake, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Redlake, Minnesota (Beltrami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 66
- JOHN OSCAR KERNEYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM NICHOLAS LOOMISLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MULCAHYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 69
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.