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DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordDarry Richard Strausser, of Jackson, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson, Minnesota (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 39
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · January 12, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS QUILLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · January 12, 1968
From Jackson
- CHARLES EDWARD RYBERGSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 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.