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WALTER VINCENT CROCCO
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – March 28, 1969
Service recordWalter Vincent Crocco, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 66
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- LEROY BRANTLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
- GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD BROWNINGCorporal · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 66
- SEAN TIMOTHY DORANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 68
- EARL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- THOMAS MICHAEL GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 69
- VINCENT MORANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 73
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · Panel 28W, Line 73
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
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.