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LUIS ALBERTO MASSA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – August 8, 1969
Service recordLuis Alberto Massa, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 114
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- LONZO O MCDONALDCorporal · August 8, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN NOLDINCorporal · August 8, 1969
- RICHARD RALPH OLSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONZO O MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
- DUANE NEVADA SCOWDENPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 116
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.