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CARL RICHARD CRONE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1947 – September 12, 1968
Service recordCarl Richard Crone, of Orange, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 36
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT DICKINSONFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- WESLEY GEORGE DOTYFireman · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE DUNNLance Corporal · September 12, 1968
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
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.