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DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1950 – June 21, 1971
Service recordDouglas Edwin Luscombe, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971; two of them were lost in An Giang Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 85
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · June 21, 1971
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID METZLERCommander · June 21, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM WOODSSergeant · June 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE WATSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 84
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 85
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 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.