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JOHN SPAULDING KRAABEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1949 – July 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Spaulding Kraabel, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 15
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
- December 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 15
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ROGER DALE LAWSONPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- JOHN PAUL MADDENCorporal · July 18, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MARTINOSpecialist Four · July 18, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.