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LUIS PHILIP CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – May 2, 1969
Service recordLuis Philip Cruz, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 98
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 98
- MELVIN WARREN EAKINSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN FRATTOLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 96
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 103
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.