The Wall › Panel 12W › Illinois › David Russel Krueger
DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – March 17, 1970
Service recordDavid Russel Krueger, of Freeport, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 13
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 13
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · March 17, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSONCorporal · March 17, 1970
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER FRANK POTASSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 14
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- RODNEY RAY UBERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- CHARLES ALLEN WALTERSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 15
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Freeport
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · April 20, 1968
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 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.