Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 19-Nov-1947
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Entered service: 5-Dec-1966
Start of tour: 27-May-1967
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Incident date: 27-Jul-1967
Date of casualty: 27-Jul-1967
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Frank Bryan Cruz died as the result of metal fragment wound received while passenger in military vehicle when vehicle struck a hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Unknown, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA
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