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DONALD CLAIR CRUTCHLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1941 – December 18, 1965
Service recordDonald Clair Crutchley, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 22
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 22
- JIMMIE LYNN BROOKSSergeant First Class · December 18, 1965
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD FLAGGPrivate · December 18, 1965
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.