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VIRGIL GALAN CRUZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1944 – September 28, 1965
Service recordVirgil Galan Cruz, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 97
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 97
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · September 28, 1965
- CARL JULIUS WOODSLieutenant Commander · September 28, 1965
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1966
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.