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FORTUNATO LUNA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1941 – January 29, 1966
Service recordFortunato Luna JR, of Alice, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 112
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- PAUL RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- FOY MANION MATHISCaptain · January 29, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- CARL SOCRATES MILLER JRMajor · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · Panel 4E, Line 106
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- FLOYD ALLEN CRIBBPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- EDWARD THOMAS DOMIAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- THOMAS STEPHEN DRAZERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 108
- CARL JAMES FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 108
- WILLIAM HARRIS GUYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 109
- KENNETH HERSHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 109
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 110
- CLIFFORD CURTIS JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 110
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 111
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- THOMAS ANDREW LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- JOHN EARL LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- PAUL RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 112
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 112
- NOE MIRANDA-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- JOSEPH ALBERT QUIROZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- DAVID LEO REEVEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- JOSE ALBERTO RIVERA-REYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 114
From Alice
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
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.