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LUCIANO ARIAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 10, 1944 – March 25, 1969
Service recordLuciano Arias, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 32
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 32
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · March 25, 1969
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- GERNOT BENDERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 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.