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FRANK BRYAN CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – July 27, 1967
Service recordFrank Bryan Cruz, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 5
- JOHN CARL BIONDILLOPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- STEVEN WAYNE BOWERSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- EDWARD RAYMOND BROWNECaptain · July 27, 1967
- GILLAND WALES CORBITTColonel · July 27, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.