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GARY ROBERT CRUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – August 18, 1968
Service recordGary Robert Cruse, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 40
- PHILIP ANTHONY DAMICO JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES DOYLE EISENHOURWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 43
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 48
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 50
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK PARKERLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 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.