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WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – June 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam Harry Crossman, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 118
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE DENNEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 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.