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ARNOLD WAYNE LUKE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 6, 1941 – August 12, 1968
Service recordArnold Wayne Luke, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 1
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 1
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- ARTURO DANIEL MONTIONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- KENNETH LEE WORLEYLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ARTURO DANIEL MONTIONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 1
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.