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HECTOR LUGO-MOJICA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – August 18, 1968
Service recordHector Lugo-Mojica, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Toa Baja, Puerto Rico (Toa Baja County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 45
- THOMAS ANTHONY LEIGH JRCorporal · August 18, 1968
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS SIDNEY SCROGGINSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- LARRY DOUGLAS NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 46
- ARTHUR SEABROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 49
From Toa Baja
- RAFAEL C CARMONA-MEDINAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- PETER LOPEZSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.