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JOE LUNA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1951 – August 28, 1970
Service recordJoe Luna JR, of Azusa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Azusa, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 18
- EDWARD JOHN PARADASergeant · August 27, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · August 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 18
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 19
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 20
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
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 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.