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FERNANDO DELA CRUZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – March 16, 1970
Service recordFernando Dela Cruz, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 4
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 4
- THURLE EUGENE CASE JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · March 16, 1970
- MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVISSergeant · March 16, 1970
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY ALLENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 2
- ROBERT RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 9
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 11
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 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.