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MORRELL JOSEPH CRARY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1943 – November 1, 1967
Service recordMorrell Joseph Crary, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 1
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 1
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH COSTANTINOLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- NICHOLAS BEN ENRIQUEZCorporal · November 1, 1967
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.