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STANLEY JOE CRUSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – July 8, 1970
Service recordStanley Joe Cruse, of Clayton, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Clayton, Oklahoma (Pushmataha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 129
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- VERNON KENNETH SMOLIK JRSergeant · July 7, 1970
- ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JRCaptain · July 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 131
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 131
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 133
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 1
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.