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FRANCISCO LUNA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1929 – June 23, 1966
Service recordFrancisco Luna, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 79
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 79
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDISON HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
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.