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RICHARD OTIS KROGH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Otis Krogh, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 30
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLENFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASHSergeant · August 26, 1968
- BRUCE THOMAS KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 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.