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DONALD JOSEPH CRUDEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1931 – December 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Joseph Cruden, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 71
- WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELDSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- GORDON THOMAS DALTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD NELSON EDDYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- JUDSON WAYNE EMMONSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.