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BERNARD FRANCIS LUKASIK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1934 – February 19, 1964
Service recordBernard Francis Lukasik, of Dickson City, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 19, 1964, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Dickson City, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1964; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 44
- BILLY MORRISON SMITHSpecialist Five · November 8, 1963
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
From Dickson City
- JOHN EDWARD TARANTOWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 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.