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JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGA
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1936 – June 25, 1967
Service recordJohnny Cruz Quenga, of Agat, Guam, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 63
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Agat, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 63
- ALFRED WALKER MURPHYCaptain · June 25, 1967
- OTTIS REEDPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HOWARD GROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 61
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 62
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 62
- OTTIS REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
From Agat
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- EMILIO NINAISEN NEDEDOGSergeant · February 27, 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.