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JOHN LEE CROY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1950 – May 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Lee Croy, of Elwood, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Elwood, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 74
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 1969
- RALPH WILSON CONNERS JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- CLARENCE CREAGHEADSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
From Elwood
- GREGORY SCOTT FENNIMOREPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · April 3, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · June 6, 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.