SP4 Jose Lujan entered the service on 20 September 1965 in Denver, Colorado. He served a total of 1 year, 5 months and 15 days in Vietnam. His total active service was 2 years, 7 months, and 11 days per his DD Form 214. His home of record was Mills, Wyoming.
On the day he was injured, WO1 Milton W. Smith (pilot), WO1 Jonathan P. Shaffer (co-pilot), and SP4 Jose L. Lujan took off from the Hue-Phu Bai Air Field, Thua Thien Province, in an RU-8D "Seminole" aircraft (tail number 56-3713) call sign "Vanguard 713", crashing at 1230 hours on takeoff due to mechanical failure. At that time, they were TDY with the 8th Radio Research Field Station (RRFS).
Their unit was the 138th Aviation Company (ASA), 224th Army Security Agency (ASA) Aviation Battalion, 509th Aviation Group, based out of the Da Nang Air Base.
SP4 Lujan was a Morse intercept operator (MOS 05H2F), and the principle intelligence operator. Jose began a second tour in Vietnam on 19 June 1967.
In the crash of 29 December 1967, he received critical head injuries, dying of those injuries on 24 May 1968 after release from the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had received a medical discharge on 30 April 1968 from the Army.
During his service in Vietnam, SP4 Lujan had flown over 250 missions over hostile territory. He was awarded 10 Air Medals, posthumously.
He was interred in Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico in Plot: U, 521
On the day he was injured, WO1 Milton W. Smith (pilot), WO1 Jonathan P. Shaffer (co-pilot), and SP4 Jose L. Lujan took off from the Hue-Phu Bai Air Field, Thua Thien Province, in an RU-8D "Seminole" aircraft (tail number 56-3713) call sign "Vanguard 713", crashing at 1230 hours on takeoff due to mechanical failure. At that time, they were TDY with the 8th Radio Research Field Station (RRFS).
Their unit was the 138th Aviation Company (ASA), 224th Army Security Agency (ASA) Aviation Battalion, 509th Aviation Group, based out of the Da Nang Air Base.
SP4 Lujan was a Morse intercept operator (MOS 05H2F), and the principle intelligence operator. Jose began a second tour in Vietnam on 19 June 1967.
In the crash of 29 December 1967, he received critical head injuries, dying of those injuries on 24 May 1968 after release from the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had received a medical discharge on 30 April 1968 from the Army.
During his service in Vietnam, SP4 Lujan had flown over 250 missions over hostile territory. He was awarded 10 Air Medals, posthumously.
He was interred in Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico in Plot: U, 521
SP4 Jose Lujan entered the service on 20 September 1965 in Denver, Colorado. He served a total of 1 year, 5 months and 15 days in Vietnam. His total active service was 2 years, 7 months, and 11 days per his DD Form 214. His home of record was Mills, Wyoming.
On the day he was injured, WO1 Milton W. Smith (pilot), WO1 Jonathan P. Shaffer (co-pilot), and SP4 Jose L. Lujan took off from the Hue-Phu Bai Air Field, Thua Thien Province, in an RU-8D "Seminole" aircraft (tail number 56-3713) call sign "Vanguard 713", crashing at 1230 hours on takeoff due to mechanical failure. At that time, they were TDY with the 8th Radio Research Field Station (RRFS).
Their unit was the 138th Aviation Company (ASA), 224th Army Security Agency (ASA) Aviation Battalion, 509th Aviation Group, based out of the Da Nang Air Base.
SP4 Lujan was a Morse intercept operator (MOS 05H2F), and the principle intelligence operator. Jose began a second tour in Vietnam on 19 June 1967.
In the crash of 29 December 1967, he received critical head injuries, dying of those injuries on 24 May 1968 after release from the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had received a medical discharge on 30 April 1968 from the Army.
During his service in Vietnam, SP4 Lujan had flown over 250 missions over hostile territory. He was awarded 10 Air Medals, posthumously.
He was interred in Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico in Plot: U, 521
On the day he was injured, WO1 Milton W. Smith (pilot), WO1 Jonathan P. Shaffer (co-pilot), and SP4 Jose L. Lujan took off from the Hue-Phu Bai Air Field, Thua Thien Province, in an RU-8D "Seminole" aircraft (tail number 56-3713) call sign "Vanguard 713", crashing at 1230 hours on takeoff due to mechanical failure. At that time, they were TDY with the 8th Radio Research Field Station (RRFS).
Their unit was the 138th Aviation Company (ASA), 224th Army Security Agency (ASA) Aviation Battalion, 509th Aviation Group, based out of the Da Nang Air Base.
SP4 Lujan was a Morse intercept operator (MOS 05H2F), and the principle intelligence operator. Jose began a second tour in Vietnam on 19 June 1967.
In the crash of 29 December 1967, he received critical head injuries, dying of those injuries on 24 May 1968 after release from the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had received a medical discharge on 30 April 1968 from the Army.
During his service in Vietnam, SP4 Lujan had flown over 250 missions over hostile territory. He was awarded 10 Air Medals, posthumously.
He was interred in Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico in Plot: U, 521
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