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PETE FRANK CRUZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1946 – February 8, 1968
Service recordPete Frank Cruz, of Chualar, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Chualar, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 24
- THOMAS RICHARD CRAIG JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH ALBERT DAHMSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILL NORMAN DALTONPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.