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ROBERT STANLEY CROKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1945 – April 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Stanley Croke, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. 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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam 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
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.