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JOHN JOE CROCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1950 – November 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Joe Croce, of Miami, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 108
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 108
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID YLLANLance Corporal · November 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK COLLINSCommander · November 22, 1969
- KEITH COLWELLCorporal · November 22, 1969
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.