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ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1943 – July 9, 1968
Service recordAngel Manuel Cruz-Vazquez, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 4
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE DAWES SRCaptain · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH AVELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 3
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
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.