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ALBIN EARL LUCKI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 27, 1944 – April 23, 1970
Service recordAlbin Earl Lucki, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 23, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- February 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 23, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “497 TFS 8 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 41
- KENNETH ROLAND JONESFirst Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS KELLY IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1970
- DANNY LEONARD LITTLEStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- LARRON DAVID MURPHYCaptain · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ARTHUR GOMEZCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 40
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.