Lucius David Croft (1930-1962) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Sgt Lucius David Croft

Born 23 Mar 1930 in Westminster, Oconee, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Son of John H. Croft and Ossie (Mabry) Harbert

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 16 Mar 1962 at age 31 in At Sea, Pacific Ocean between Guam and Philippines

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* Lucius was on an airplane with ninety-two other American *
* military personnel on the way to a secret mission in Vietnam *
* when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was lost in the Pacific Ocean *
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Biography

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Sgt. Lucius D. Croft, husband of Mrs. Frances C. Croft, 3103 Wyman St., Augusta, Ga. Anderson Herald

Lucius D Croft—the son of Ossie Harbert and Johnny H. Croft—was born in 1930 in South Carolina.^[1]^[2]

Lucius married Frances Cowart Croft.^{[citation needed]}

Lucius, an 11-year Army veteran, died on Flying Tiger flight 739. March 15, 1962, three years before American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, 104 people lost their lives when a charter flight operated by Flying Tiger Line on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service was lost in the Pacific Ocean while en route to Saigon, Vietnam, on a secret mission. No wreckage or remains were ever found.

Lucius has a cenotaph at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina.

Sources

↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2X5-7P2 : 8 January 2021), Lucius Croft, Mar 1962; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/41995369/lucius-d.-croft : accessed 18 May 2021), memorial page for SGT Lucius D. Croft (23 Mar 1930–16 Mar 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #41995369, citing First Baptist Church Cemetery, Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Karyn Buckner Garvin (contributor 47464142).

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