The Wall › Panel 2E › Michigan › Richard Edward Cronk
RICHARD EDWARD CRONK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1945 – August 23, 1965
Service recordRichard Edward Cronk, of Northville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 65
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Northville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 65
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- FELIZ PERRISLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEURENLance Corporal · August 22, 1965
- KYLE HENRY HATCHETTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
From Northville
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORYSergeant First Class · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
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.