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DONNIE RAY LUSK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – September 16, 1967
Service recordDonnie Ray Lusk, of Kettleman City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Kettleman City, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 79
- JERRY VERNE HORNSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE JERROSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1967
- ERNEST NICK KROLLPrivate First Class · September 16, 1967
- DARRYL DEAN SMITH LAWSONCorporal · September 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN COLITO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 78
- ERNEST NICK KROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 79
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 80
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 81
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.