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THOMAS HARRY CROOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordThomas Harry Crook, of West Bend, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- West Bend, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 94
- MARVIN DEWAYNE CANTERBURYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS CREGONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN CURRYMajor · February 23, 1969
From West Bend
- GEROLD SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- JOSEPH BERNARD MUELLERSergeant · March 21, 1970
- STANLEY RAYMOND HANSENSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
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.