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ARDEN LEE KRUKOW
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 29, 1946 – January 22, 1969
Service recordArden Lee Krukow, of Spencer, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 22, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Spencer, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 59
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- JERRY PROCTOR LAIRDMajor · January 22, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM LOUGHRANSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
From Spencer
- STEVEN HAROLD ADAMSMaster Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.