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WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Felton Crook JR, of Harrison, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 39
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrison, Arkansas (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 39
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · August 27, 1968
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN KENNY HILLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 41
- CHARLES JOHN SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 45
From Harrison
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · March 11, 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.