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MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ ALICEA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1936 – March 22, 1972
Service recordMiguel Angel Cruz Alicea, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1972, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 118
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1972
- Age
- 35
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1972; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 118
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- JAMES GLENN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
- JAMES TERRY JACKSONMajor · March 23, 1972
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.