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JOSEPH WILLIAM CRUZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – August 13, 1967
Service recordJoseph William Cruz, of Agana Heights, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Agana Heights, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 106
- CYRIL EDWARD STIRNKORBSergeant Major · August 12, 1967
- ALVIN RAY BOZARTHStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- RODNEY LOUIS HOFFMANSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE JOSEPH DUCOTE JRCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 107
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.