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SEBASTIAN EDWARD DELUCA
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1932 – June 26, 1971
Service recordSebastian Edward Deluca, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1971, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 89
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1971. In June 1971, 181 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.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 89
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · June 25, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL ROY WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1971
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.