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FREDERICK LYLE KRUGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1947 – March 19, 1968
Service recordFrederick Lyle Kruger, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 35
- BILLY DEAN MCDOUGALSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- EDWARD LEE MILUSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- VICTOR ROMEROChief Master Sergeant · March 19, 1968
- WOODROW WILSONSergeant First Class · March 19, 1968
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 1969
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.