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JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1947 – September 24, 1966
Service recordJack Emanuel Crouch JR, of Mt Vernon, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 6
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 9 MARDIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 6
- STEPHEN E BURTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ESTILL LEE CHILDERSLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- GARRY DON DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Mt Vernon
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- LEONARD JEFFREY RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
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.