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CHRISTOPHER DUTCHER LUCCI
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 13, 1940 – September 18, 1968
Service recordChristopher Dutcher Lucci, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 29
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- August 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 29
- FREDDIE LEON LOWERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHESTER MCDANIELCorporal · September 18, 1968
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.