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DANNY KAY CROTHERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDanny Kay Crothers, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 25
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
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 25
- THOMAS ELBERT CREEKLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · February 13, 1969
- THOMAS GAYLON FISHERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE HENRYLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
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.