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RICKEY LEE CHRAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1947 – April 27, 1968
Service recordRickey Lee Chran, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 28
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
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 28
- HOLLIS WINFIELD BUCKStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.