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HOWARD HENRY LUSCIER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordHoward Henry Luscier, of Cheshire, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheshire, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 18
- NICHOLAS MARINO IIILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- ALAN JAMES MEISHEIDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE MOSELEYCorporal · September 10, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
From Cheshire
- CHESTER LAWREN WITANEK JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.