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DONALD GLEN LUKENS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – May 25, 1970
Service recordDonald Glen Lukens, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 98
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 98
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · May 25, 1970
- BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCECorporal · May 25, 1970
- LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · May 25, 1970
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
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.