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ROBERT LUNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1946 – March 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Luna, of Alameda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 58
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- JULIUS MADDOXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- BRIAN SCOTT PERLEWITZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 58
- THOMAS J MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 59
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 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.