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CURTIS JOHN KRAUHS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1949 – October 1, 1968
Service recordCurtis John Krauhs, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 56
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 56
- ALFRED IVRY BROOKSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY HUNTCorporal · October 1, 1968
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · October 1, 1968
- HENRY JONES JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE KNISELY JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.