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CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITE
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1935 – June 20, 1967
Service recordCharles Ligon Cronkrite, of Alvarado, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 24
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf/Vmf(Aw)f-8d/E (7532)
- Born
- September 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Alvarado, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 24
- BEN COYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- LESLIE EUGENE ENGELHARTLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
From Alvarado
- FERNANDO LEALSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
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.