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CHARLES D CROCKETT JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1946 – June 28, 1968
Service recordCharles D Crockett JR, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 11
- EDWARD MICHAEL HEISERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- HAROLD JOERENZO HERRINGSergeant · June 28, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK JOHNSColonel · June 28, 1968
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
From New Braunfels
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
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.