Jack Lee Croxdale II

Vietnam War
Unit503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromSpokane Louisiana
Date of DeathNovember 19 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Croxdale was a radio operator with Company C, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On November 19, 1967, he was on a search and destroy mission in South Vietnam and came under heavy North Vietnamese fire. He withdrew to the Company C command post and a large explosion killed him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.