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ENRIQUE LUJAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1950 – February 11, 1970
Service recordEnrique Lujan, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 127
- JONATHAN LEE LAMMSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEWIS MCCURLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.