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JAMES ARTHUR KRUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1949 – June 10, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Kruse, of West Union, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 14
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1949
- Home of record
- West Union, Iowa (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 14
- ANDREW ALAN KUHNLance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- JAMES DAVID KURTOWICZStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- CRAIG ALLEN NEWELLPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 11
- RICARDO JOSE GOMEZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 12
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 13
- DAVID WILLIAM WALSHCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 16
- LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
From West Union
- DONALD ARTHUR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.