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GEORGE DAVID CRISWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1950 – July 5, 1969
Service recordGeorge David Criswell, of Monticello, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 65
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
- June 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Monticello, Indiana (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 65
- DAVID EDWARD FOGGLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- RALPH JERRY GREERSpecialist Five · July 5, 1969
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · July 5, 1969
- HENRY EARL IMES JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
From Monticello
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- MORRIS EUGENE BURNSSergeant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES APPLEGATEPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.