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RUFUS RAY CROOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – April 20, 1967
Service recordRufus Ray Croom, of Donalsonville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Donalsonville, Georgia (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 52
- GEORGE TYRUS BEANSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID LEE DELAUGHDERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 53
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 54
From Donalsonville
- HARVEY EUGENE WYNNPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- TERRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- MILTON JERRY WORRELLSeaman · January 16, 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.