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ROBERT JAMES CROCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordRobert James Croce, of Reading, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 22
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 22
- ANDREW PETER CHAMAJPetty Officer Third Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CHAMBERSCorporal · July 15, 1966
- JAMES WESTON CHERRICKPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
From Reading
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HOLTCaptain · September 19, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 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.