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KENNETH LEE CRYSEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1948 – February 15, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lee Crysel, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 44
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
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- 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
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 44
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- LUNAS JONAS DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- WILLIAM MARCUS DANIELSLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.