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DONALD ALFRED LUNA
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1938 – February 1, 1969
Service recordDonald Alfred Luna, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 1, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 33
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1444E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS
- Born
- April 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 1, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 33
- NEIL HOWARD MACKILLOPSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · February 1, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD NICHOLSCaptain · February 1, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP RICEPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.