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EDWARD ROY LUKERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1944 – June 11, 1967
Service recordEdward Roy Lukert, of Fairview, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairview, Kansas (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 90
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · June 11, 1967
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 86
- ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLOCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 86
- EDWARD JEROME COLSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 93
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.