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JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordJose Angel Santa Cruz, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 91
- FRANCIS MONROE ALLEN JRCorporal · February 1, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- BERNARD RUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- LARRY HUGH TRUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 88
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 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.