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KENNETH LLOYD CRODY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1953 – July 11, 1972
Service recordKenneth Lloyd Crody, of Griffith, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-53 (6113)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- August 3, 1953
- Home of record
- Griffith, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 55
- PETER MORGAN BENTSONMajor · July 9, 1972
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
- FRANK CLIFFORD GREEN JRCommander · July 10, 1972
- JERRY WAYNE HENDRIXStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE HENDRIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 55
From Griffith
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOFFREDOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- DONALD RAY SHOULDERSPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.