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RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRafael Cruz-Cruz, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Guayama, Puerto Rico (Guayama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 11
- JOHN ARTHUR BELFORDSeaman · February 11, 1969
- RALPH CANNONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1969
- LARRY ALAN COCHRANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MACARIO S BANDASpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 10
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 15
From Guayama
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.