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SAM CRUZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – October 12, 1967
Service recordSam Cruz, of Raton, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Raton, New Mexico (Colfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 94
- JOHN JAMES CASTILLOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- TED HOWARD CHRISTIANSecond Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- HECTOR CUBEROSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL DEABREPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
From Raton
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · February 15, 1971
- PAUL TRUJILLOPrivate · November 4, 1971
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.