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HENRY GLEAVES CRIGGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – November 15, 1967
Service recordHenry Gleaves Crigger, of Abingdon, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 99
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Abingdon, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 99
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- LORINZER PAUL CLARK JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- DONALD CHARLES DAVESSergeant · November 15, 1967
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · November 15, 1967
From Abingdon
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- JAMES PERRY SINGLETONSergeant · March 8, 1968
- GEORGE JOSE COXStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES E SHAWSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · March 21, 1969
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.