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RICHARD FRANK CRUDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1949 – July 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Frank Crudo, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · 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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 44
- ELDON GENE CRUMLEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- BENNY HAROLD FERGUSONSergeant · July 2, 1969
- CALVIN JOE FEWLASSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 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.