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LUIS FORERO SAAVEDRA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1948 – October 12, 1968
Service recordLuis Forero Saavedra, of Forest Hills, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Forest Hills, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 54
- WILEY LOUIS MARTINLance Corporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT HUERTA SANCHEZSergeant · October 12, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW SOWAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TARANTOSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
From Forest Hills
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEBITZ JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ALAN STUART GELBStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER EGANCaptain · December 19, 1972
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.