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JULIAN LUNA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1934 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJulian Luna, of Forreston, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Forreston, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- MILTON JOSEPH JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 3
- TERRY EUGENE WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 5
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.