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JESUS ROSAS CRUZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1946 – February 27, 1967
Service recordJesus Rosas Cruz, of Bowling Green, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 104
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES LEON CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- DONALD GARY DETMERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- DAVID ORSON FJERSTADCorporal · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY FRANKLIN MONROELance Corporal · Panel 15E, Line 107
From Bowling Green
- TERRENCE RICHARD TITUSCaptain · June 11, 1965
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · August 7, 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.