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JOHN DAVID CRISP III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1946 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJohn David Crisp III, of Pinetops, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Pinetops, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 7
- MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE CRAWFORDLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT BRYNLEY GRIFFITHSCorporal · September 6, 1967
From Pinetops
- ARTHUR LEE DANCYPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · September 29, 1967
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.