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RONALD ALAN CROSE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1945 – November 24, 1967
Service recordRonald Alan Crose, of Keithsburg, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 24, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Keithsburg, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 75
- LARRY LEE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1967
- JAMES R WORRELL JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSONFirst Sergeant · November 24, 1967
From Keithsburg
- ROBERT HARRY HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1966
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.