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MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1945 – September 20, 1968
Service recordMiguel Rosario-Cruz JR, of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 49
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
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Las Piedras, Puerto Rico (Las Piedras County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RAYMOND KAUSECorporal · September 20, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER HARRY SCHOENERSeaman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES RONALD SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANTHONY PABEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 48
From Las Piedras
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
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.