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LUIS ANGEL LEBRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – January 30, 1970
Service recordLuis Angel Lebron, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 81
- KENNETH ALAN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 17, 1970
- JOHN ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- GARY ALLEN CHESHIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- CALVIN LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON WAYNE WOODYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 82
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.