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NATHAN CHARLES LUNAPIENA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1945 – February 22, 1969
Service recordNathan Charles Lunapiena, of Hoboken, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Hoboken, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 80
- DALE CHARLES FISHERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
- FREDERICK W KULICKE IIISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL W MARGRAVE IIPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
From Hoboken
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FESKENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LUIS ORTIZ-CORREDORLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- LARRY JAMES HIGHPrivate First Class · September 23, 1967
- RAYMOND JAMES BRERETONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.