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JOHN KENNETH KRUEGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1950 – May 8, 1969
Service recordJohn Kenneth Krueger, of Irvington, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 73
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
- Born
- February 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Irvington, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 73
- WILLIE FRED CATOSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER DZIENGELSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
- THOMAS ALBERT FRITZER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1969
From Irvington
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HILLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · January 27, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · February 27, 1969
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
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.