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THOMAS JOHN CROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – January 1, 1970
Service recordThomas John Cross, of Bevier, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 113
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Bevier, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 113
- TERRY BRUCE LUNDLance Corporal · December 31, 1969
- RICHARD CLARK BABB JRSergeant · January 1, 1970
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 114
- DUANE GREGORY WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 15W, Line 116
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.