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LUIS GODINEZ CERVANTEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1945 – July 12, 1969
Service recordLuis Godinez Cervantez, of Snowville, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Snowville, Utah (Box Elder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · July 12, 1969
- DELOS RICHARD BUXTONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- CODY RAY CALKINSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- JOSE B CISNEROSCorporal · July 12, 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.