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CRISTOBAL RIVERA-CRUZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1951 – June 7, 1970
Service recordCristobal Rivera-Cruz, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 24
- MICHAEL CLINT HOPECaptain · June 7, 1970
- ROBERT CHARLES MURRAYStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1970
- MARVIN EUGENE NEELEYCorporal · June 7, 1970
- BRUCE ROBERT NEESONSergeant · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN EUGENE NEELEYCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 24
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.