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PAUL HARLAN KRUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – October 2, 1969
Service recordPaul Harlan Kruse, of Winnebago, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Winnebago, Minnesota (Faribault County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- 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
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 29
- JOHN ROACH LAKE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL LAMBERTSergeant · October 2, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE LEONARDPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANK DUARTE JRPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 27
- CLYDE ALLEN WENRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 32
From Winnebago
- STEVEN HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SOMASpecialist Five · December 30, 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.