Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 20 Jun 1968 page 3
James Douglas Conn of Houston, Texas, received the JACK CROCKER COMBAT ARMS AWARD at the University of Oklahoma as the outstanding Army ROTC cadet with the Combat Arms Branch assignment. The award, established early this year, 1968, is in memory of Major Donald Jack Crocker, a native of Ouachita Parish and former member of the Oklahoma University ROTC staff, who was killed in action in Viet Nam in July, 1967.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 September 1967 page 3
WIDOW PRESENTED GOLD STAR FLAG
The Pilot Club of Monroe, Louisiana, presented a Gold Star Window Flag to Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker, Mrs. Donald Jack Crocker, widow of Army Major Crocker who was killed in Viet Nam on July 15, 1967. Making the persentation on behalf of The Pilot Club was Mrs. W. T. Montgomery, patriotic emblems chairman. Major Crocker's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, were present during the presentation.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Sunday - 3 December 1961 Front Page
PROMOTED
Donald J. Crocker, son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, was recently promoted to the rank of Army First Lieutenant. He is presently stationed with the 24th Engineering Corps in Fuerth, Germany.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Sunday -
CAPTAIN DONALD JACK CROCKER CLAIMS TEXAS GIRL AS BRIDE
Miss Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys and Captain Donald Jack Crocker, United State Army, Corps of Engineers, were married Saturday evening, June 4, 1966, in a military ceremony in the Battalion Avenue West Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas. Chaplin Black officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Eveterr Bobys of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the parent of the groom are Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana. A reception was held in the Officer's Club at Fort Hood following the ceremony.

The bride was graduated from W. B. High School in Corpus Christi and attended the University of Houston. Captain Crocker was a graduated from Ouachita Parish High School where he and his brother, Lloyd, were star football players. He received is B. S. degree in Geology from Northeast Louisiana State College in Monroe, Louisiana, and did graduate study at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Saturday - 24 December 1966 Front Page
VISITING HERE
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker of 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, will have a house full of guests over the Christmas weekend. Their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donald Jack Crocker, and her father, Dr. Ernest Everett Bobys, arrived by plane from Corpus Christ, Texas. Donald Jack Crocker, the Crocker's son, is stationed in Viet Nam. Their older son and his wife, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Crocker and daughter, Anna Faye Crocker, also arrived Friday for the Holidays.
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Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) Tuesday - 18 July 1967 page 10
LOCAL WOMAN'S HUSBAND IS WAR CASUALTY
Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Everett Bobys of 207 Indiana, has been notified that her husband, Captain Donald Jack Crocker, was killed recently in Viet Nam. The captain was fatally wounded when the Jeep in which jeep in which he was riding hit a hostile land mine. For his service in Viet Nam, Captain Crocker has been recommended for the :
Air Medal
Soldier's Medal
Bronze Star with Three Oak Clusters
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star devise
Rural Construction Award

The Captain, 30, was Commanding Officer of the 919th Engineering Company, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment and had been in Viet Nam nearly a year. He had been in the Army about eight years. He and his wife had been married a little over a year.

Captain Crocker is survived by his wife :
Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker
His parents:
Joseph L. Crocker of Calhoun, Louisiana
Elsie Mae Crocker of Calhoun, Louisiana
His brother:
Lloyd Crocker of Morgan City, Louisiana
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LOUISIANA
Casualty Record for Donald Jack Crocker

GENERAL / PERSONAL
Home Monroe, Louisiana
Birth Date 1937-01-20
Sex- Male
Race- Caucasian
Married/Single- Married
Religion- Presbyterian
Citizen- Yes
MILITARY
Service Army
Rank MAJ
Serial Number O89449
Component Regular
Grade O3
MOS 1380
Length of Service 08
Start of Tour 1966-08-06
CASUALTY
Casualty Date 1967-07-15
Casualty Type Hostile, Died
Reason Other Explosive Device
Air or Ground Ground Casualty
Country South Vietnam
Province Phuoc Tuy
Posthumous Promotion Posthumous promotion as indicated
Body Recovered Body recovered
Location on The Wall Panel 23E - Row 074

Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 20 Jun 1968 page 3
James Douglas Conn of Houston, Texas, received the JACK CROCKER COMBAT ARMS AWARD at the University of Oklahoma as the outstanding Army ROTC cadet with the Combat Arms Branch assignment. The award, established early this year, 1968, is in memory of Major Donald Jack Crocker, a native of Ouachita Parish and former member of the Oklahoma University ROTC staff, who was killed in action in Viet Nam in July, 1967.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 September 1967 page 3
WIDOW PRESENTED GOLD STAR FLAG
The Pilot Club of Monroe, Louisiana, presented a Gold Star Window Flag to Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker, Mrs. Donald Jack Crocker, widow of Army Major Crocker who was killed in Viet Nam on July 15, 1967. Making the persentation on behalf of The Pilot Club was Mrs. W. T. Montgomery, patriotic emblems chairman. Major Crocker's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, were present during the presentation.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Sunday - 3 December 1961 Front Page
PROMOTED
Donald J. Crocker, son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, was recently promoted to the rank of Army First Lieutenant. He is presently stationed with the 24th Engineering Corps in Fuerth, Germany.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Sunday -
CAPTAIN DONALD JACK CROCKER CLAIMS TEXAS GIRL AS BRIDE
Miss Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys and Captain Donald Jack Crocker, United State Army, Corps of Engineers, were married Saturday evening, June 4, 1966, in a military ceremony in the Battalion Avenue West Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas. Chaplin Black officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Eveterr Bobys of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the parent of the groom are Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker, 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana. A reception was held in the Officer's Club at Fort Hood following the ceremony.

The bride was graduated from W. B. High School in Corpus Christi and attended the University of Houston. Captain Crocker was a graduated from Ouachita Parish High School where he and his brother, Lloyd, were star football players. He received is B. S. degree in Geology from Northeast Louisiana State College in Monroe, Louisiana, and did graduate study at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Monroe Morning World (Monroe, Louisiana) Saturday - 24 December 1966 Front Page
VISITING HERE
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Crocker of 116 Selman Drive, Monroe, Louisiana, will have a house full of guests over the Christmas weekend. Their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donald Jack Crocker, and her father, Dr. Ernest Everett Bobys, arrived by plane from Corpus Christ, Texas. Donald Jack Crocker, the Crocker's son, is stationed in Viet Nam. Their older son and his wife, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Crocker and daughter, Anna Faye Crocker, also arrived Friday for the Holidays.
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Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) Tuesday - 18 July 1967 page 10
LOCAL WOMAN'S HUSBAND IS WAR CASUALTY
Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Everett Bobys of 207 Indiana, has been notified that her husband, Captain Donald Jack Crocker, was killed recently in Viet Nam. The captain was fatally wounded when the Jeep in which jeep in which he was riding hit a hostile land mine. For his service in Viet Nam, Captain Crocker has been recommended for the :
Air Medal
Soldier's Medal
Bronze Star with Three Oak Clusters
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star devise
Rural Construction Award

The Captain, 30, was Commanding Officer of the 919th Engineering Company, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment and had been in Viet Nam nearly a year. He had been in the Army about eight years. He and his wife had been married a little over a year.

Captain Crocker is survived by his wife :
Hannah-Star Stephanie Bobys Crocker
His parents:
Joseph L. Crocker of Calhoun, Louisiana
Elsie Mae Crocker of Calhoun, Louisiana
His brother:
Lloyd Crocker of Morgan City, Louisiana
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LOUISIANA
Casualty Record for Donald Jack Crocker

GENERAL / PERSONAL
Home Monroe, Louisiana
Birth Date 1937-01-20
Sex- Male
Race- Caucasian
Married/Single- Married
Religion- Presbyterian
Citizen- Yes
MILITARY
Service Army
Rank MAJ
Serial Number O89449
Component Regular
Grade O3
MOS 1380
Length of Service 08
Start of Tour 1966-08-06
CASUALTY
Casualty Date 1967-07-15
Casualty Type Hostile, Died
Reason Other Explosive Device
Air or Ground Ground Casualty
Country South Vietnam
Province Phuoc Tuy
Posthumous Promotion Posthumous promotion as indicated
Body Recovered Body recovered
Location on The Wall Panel 23E - Row 074