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MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1932 – May 10, 1967
Service recordMarcelino Rivera-Cruz, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 86
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Juncos, Puerto Rico (Juncos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 86
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS SANDERSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
From Juncos
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- ANGEL LUIS FRAGOSA-GARCIACorporal · March 14, 1967
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 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.