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DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – November 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Edward Kreuscher, of Merrick, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 101
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 101
- WILLIAM FREDRICK HUBER JRSergeant First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE NUEBEL JRPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 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.