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EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1933 – November 12, 1966
Service recordEduardo Guzman-Lugo, of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Corrections Specialist (95C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Barranquitas, Puerto Rico (Barranquitas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 62
- GEORGE HARRISON BONNELL IIISecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GALLAGHERMajor · November 12, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · Panel 12E, Line 59
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 62
From Barranquitas
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · March 15, 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.