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LUIS DELGADO-CLASS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 31, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordLuis Delgado-Class, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 2
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- CARL RICHARD DAGGERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.