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ROLAND CLEMON CROSBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1945 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRoland Clemon Crosby, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 1
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 1
- PAUL L DARDEN JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- RAYMOND M DASILVA JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JAMES LESLIE DAYTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARMSTEAD JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 7
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 12
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.