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THOMAS MONROE CROW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1945 – August 24, 1965
Service recordThomas Monroe Crow, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 2
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 2
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- JAMES GEORGE LEECaptain · October 28, 1965
- LARRY PAUL LUSSIERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 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.