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ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1945 – May 6, 1968
Service recordAngel Luis Burgos-Cruzado, of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Vega Baja, Puerto Rico (Vega Baja County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 2
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · May 6, 1968
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Vega Baja
- JOSE MANUEL RUIZCorporal · September 16, 1968
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JUAN ALBERTO FRET-CAMACHOPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
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.