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JOSEPH CRUZ BAZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1945 – March 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph Cruz Baza, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 37
- ROY M ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- ALAN GEORGE BARETTIPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- GEORGE DWAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- ISAAC BLANDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
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.