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FRANK CRUZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – June 18, 1969
Service recordFrank Cruz, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 74
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 74
- CRAIG MICHAEL CLANCYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 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.