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ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1948 – May 3, 1967
Service recordRobert Henry Kruger JR, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 27
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 27
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE KOENIGLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 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.