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ANGEL LUNA
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1932 – October 10, 1968
Service recordAngel Luna, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 41
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 19, 1932
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 41
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- WILLIAM W MEISEL JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
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
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.