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JOSEPH BERKLEY CROWDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1946 – August 12, 1966
Service recordJoseph Berkley Crowder, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 129
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 129
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT ORLIFF DAVISPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.