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GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordGaspar Cruz-Lebron, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 66
- REGINALD WAYNE BURRISSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAWSONSergeant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAWSONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 66
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.