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DALE EUGENE CRICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordDale Eugene Crick, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 11
- JOHN ARTHUR BELFORDSeaman · February 11, 1969
- RALPH CANNONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1969
- LARRY ALAN COCHRANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 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.