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ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Crosby, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT BECKCorporal · October 23, 1968
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- DONALD LYNN BROWNSergeant · October 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GORDON CLARKFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 24
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 25
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.