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ROLIN JAMES CROSBY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 19, 1947 – November 6, 1971
Service recordRolin James Crosby, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 63
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
- RICHARD RUDOLPH KAPSHAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.