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MICHAEL JOE KRUG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1945 – September 30, 1967
Service recordMichael Joe Krug, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 34
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- ERNEST BEAUEL HANKS IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL COVENYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 33
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 34
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 34
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 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.