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JAMES SAWYER LUCKETT II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1941 – May 23, 1969
Service recordJames Sawyer Luckett II, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 86
- KENNETH WARREN KRUKEMYERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- DAVID JAMES KUHNCorporal · May 23, 1969
- DONNY RAY LAWSONLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- THOMAS CALVIN LONG JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALLAN BLAIRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.