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GEORGE CRAWFORD CURRIE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1949 – June 22, 1968
Service recordGeorge Crawford Currie, of Quaker Hill, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 18
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Quaker Hill, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 18
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- WARNER CRAIG JACOBSONCaptain · June 22, 1968
From Quaker Hill
- DAVID RICHARD BINGHAMLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- PETER MORGAN BENTSONMajor · July 9, 1972
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.