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DONALD LEONARD CRANE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1943 – May 28, 1967
Service recordDonald Leonard Crane, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 3
- JOHN WILLIAM AVELLEYRAPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- WALTER LEE BABBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- RICHARD BROWNSergeant · May 28, 1967
- CANDIDO SERRANO-GIRALLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.