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WILLARD WINSTON CROY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – January 8, 1970
Service recordWillard Winston Croy, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 12
- CARL ALLEN THOMSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- WAYNE MICHAEL COLESecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARK LAUINGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 14
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 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.