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LUZ VIEGRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1942 – December 4, 1965
Service recordLuz Viegra, of Larned, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 124
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Larned, Kansas (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 124
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
From Larned
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1966
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM MARVIN COMER JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 1, 1968
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.