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FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFU
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – November 9, 1968
Service recordFagalii Laita Leatutufu, of Azusa, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Azusa, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 41
- STEVEN DENNIS KRECHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- HOWARD GREGORY PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- ROGER EDWARD WICHMANCaptain · November 9, 1968
From Azusa
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 1971
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.