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JOSE MANUEL CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1945 – October 19, 1966
Service recordJose Manuel Cruz, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Telecommunications Operator-Maintainer (74C)
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 90
- MICHAEL JOHN BURKEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- RAY LONNIE GONCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD MISHUKStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.