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JOSEPH AGUIGUI CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – April 29, 1966
Service recordJoseph Aguigui Cruz, of Merizo, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Merizo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- 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
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 8
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
From Merizo
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · May 17, 1966
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 1967
- JOAQUIN PALACIOS CABRERAStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1967
- VICENTE T ESPINOSASergeant · March 27, 1969
- FERNANDO BARCINAS ESTEVESSergeant · February 15, 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.