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FRANK JOSEPH LUKITSCH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – January 2, 1971
Service recordFrank Joseph Lukitsch JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1971
- RAMON AURELIO SERVERA-BAEZStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1971
- HARVEY GERALD SOKOLOFSergeant · January 2, 1971
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1971
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.