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ABEL LUNA
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 14, 1945 – October 26, 1968
Service recordAbel Luna, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 38
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · October 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.