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MICHAEL LEE CROUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1944 – December 10, 1966
Service recordMichael Lee Crouson, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 26
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLEMONSGunnery Sergeant · December 10, 1966
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 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.