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LUIZ PINA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1947 – December 2, 1966
Service recordLuiz Pina JR, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Freight Operations Clerk (3111)
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 6
- GEORGE WOOD ALEXANDERLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- J C KELSEYAirman First Class · December 2, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY MONROE OLEARYTechnical Sergeant · December 2, 1966
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
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.