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MICHAEL LEE CRUSE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Cruse, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 77
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 77
- WILLIAM J CHRISTMAN IIISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS DEDEKCorporal · February 22, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD DUSCHLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID LAWSpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
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.