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ROBERT BARRY CROSBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – February 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Barry Crosby, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 56
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- NORMAN KELLY BYASSEEPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1970
- MARK STEVEN DIORIOSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK STEVEN DIORIOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 56
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
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.