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JOSEPH THOMAS MCCREIGHT
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1937 – December 19, 1966
Service recordJoseph Thomas McCreight, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 62
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- September 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 62
- RICHARD EDWIN POWELLSergeant · December 19, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TOOLEYSpecialist Four · December 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOSEPH VIGHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.