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DAVID CRUZ CHAVEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1938 – January 15, 1970
Service recordDavid Cruz Chavez, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 36
- LARRY DEAN FLORANGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL HARVEY HIPPACHSpecialist Four · January 15, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN KRAMERCorporal · January 15, 1970
- SAMMUEL EDGAR SURBERSpecialist Five · January 15, 1970
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
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.