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LUIS ANTON MIRANDA-CUEVAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1941 – July 19, 1965
Service recordLuis Anton Miranda-Cuevas, of Lares, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Lares, Puerto Rico (Lares County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 40
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
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.