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LUIS FELIPE VELEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – February 10, 1968
Service recordLuis Felipe Velez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 73
- GEORGE STANLEY SUTTONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WILCOX WALBRIDGEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
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.