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DALE ALAN LUSTER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1941 – September 26, 1968
Service recordDale Alan Luster, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- January 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 19
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LARRY LAMAR LOWERLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.