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ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1938 – February 27, 1969
Service recordEnrique Salas Cruz, of Santa Rita, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Santa Rita, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 78
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- CRAIG NORMAN DEMICHELLELance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- ELROY MORRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 76
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 80
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- JAMES TERRY LIEBNITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 84
- GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 86
From Santa Rita
- IGNACIO ESPINOSA SABLANLance Corporal · August 3, 1967
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.