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JAMES LEE KRULL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1949 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJames Lee Krull, of Herman, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Herman, Minnesota (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- MILTON JOSEPH JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · July 9, 1970
From Herman
- RICHARD BRUCE APLANDSergeant · January 19, 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.