NIGHTSTALKERS Crossan, Thomas B. III

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Crossan ​

• FORENAME

Thomas B. III ​

• UNIT

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• RANK

Chief Warrant Officer Third Class ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

10th July 1983 ​

• AGE

38​

• GRAVESITE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 25.06.1945, Beckley, West Virginia​

son Thomas, daughter Kathryn​

1970 enlisted Army assigned Fort Rucker, Alabama (CH-47 Chinook pilot)​

assigned Vietnam​

post-Vietnam served Fort Carson, Colorado​

2 year tour Germany​

Fort Campbell, Kentucky (one of earliest Night Stalkers)​

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The accident that claimed his life on a CH-47 Chinook, #845, occurred on 10 July 1983 on South Fox Island, Michigan at the northern tip of Lake Michigan, where they were planning and developing new doctrine, tactics, and techniques that have made this unit what it is today.​