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CHRISTOPHER CRONKHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1947 – April 10, 1967
Service recordChristopher Cronkhite, of Southington, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Southington, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 9
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- DAVID R FISHERSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JAMES WILBUR FOSTERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- EARL RUSSELL GROVESpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
From Southington
- PAUL MICHAEL DUMINPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WAYNE DUSTIN ROBBINSSergeant · February 7, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BURGESSLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES BRADLEY REMER JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- CLEMENT ARTHUR DUPUISLance Corporal · March 31, 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.