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OSCAR CRUZ
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1945 – July 24, 1966
Service recordOscar Cruz, of Escondido, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 66
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 66
- GEORGE EDWARD COREYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
From Escondido
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 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.