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ANTHONY SANTANA LUGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – April 18, 1970
Service recordAnthony Santana Lugo, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 22
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- RONALD ELLSWORTH HODGESergeant · April 18, 1970
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 22
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.