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Marine LCpl Frederick Lyle Kruger.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Wyoming
Last Address Wyoming
Casualty Date Mar 19, 1968
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fairplains Cemetery - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Wall/Plot Coordinates Panel 45E Line 035/Block AA Lot 64 Site 3
11 KM W-SW OF TUY LOAN BRIDGE 19680318
WIA 18Mar expl device on ops
Frederick, the son Frederick Kruger Jr. and Lillian M. Kruger of Wyoming MI enlisted in the US Marine Corps on May 26, 1966 in Detroit MI. He arrived in Vietnam on September 23, 1967 and was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On March 18, during Operation WORTH a squad of Marines were moving along a ridge line between Hills 502 and 310 in Hieu Duc District when they were hit by a heavy volume of enemy automatic weapons fire that killed two Marines and wounded another. The squad quickly returned fire and maneuvered towards the hostile force that broke contact with their pursuers and melted into the thick undergrowth. Wounded and and evacuated to the Station Hospital NSA in Da Nang, LCpl Kruger died of gunshot wounds sustained as a result of hostile enemy rifle fire.
Casualties:
Billy Roy Bowen - Killed in action, March 18
Sydney Parks - Killed in action, March 18
