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DALE LYNN KRUSE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 16, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordDale Lynn Kruse, of Kelso, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 16
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kelso, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 16
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- PAUL CONRAD JOHNSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- LARRY JAMES LEINDECKERSeaman · April 30, 1968
From Kelso
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · July 2, 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.