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LUIS R MUNOZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1943 – April 28, 1968
Service recordLuis R Munoz, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 40
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JOHN SMYTHE MANCHESTERFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEVEN BANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 32
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 34
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 38
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
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.