Donald Clair CrutchleyCorporalG CO, 2ND BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV United States Marine Corps 09 November 1941 - 18 December 1965 Baltimore, Maryland Panel 04E Line 022 |
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The database page for Donald Clair Crutchley
Don and I met at Camp Pendelton. We were NCOs with Golf 2/1 and went to Vietnam in August 1965. We later were integrated into Fox 2/4. Don was a career Marine on his second enlistment. He loved the Marine Corps and was a happy, fun-loving guy. We planned to go on leave together when we got back to the world so he could meet a girl I had introduced him to via the mail. I still think of him often....
John (Jack) Leniger |
A Note from The Virtual WallUntil 22 December 1965 the 2nd Bn, 1st Marines provided the bulk of BLT 2/1. Golf 2/1 had lost three men on 05 Dec, and on 10/11 December Fox 2/1 lost eleven men in a bitter fight near Que Son. On the 18th it was again Golf 2/1's turn; they had two men killed in action and three "died of wounds" on 18/19 December:
BLT 2/1 was dissolved on 22 December. As noted above, the men of Golf 2/1 were exchanged en masse with a rifle company from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines; that exchange took place on 14 January 1966. |
The point-of-contact for this memorial is a Marine brother, John (Jack) Leniger jacklfarmboy@msn.com 17 Apr 2006 |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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