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JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
January 1, 1939 – October 8, 1969
Service recordJames Timothy Luscinski, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 51
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- FARRIS ELDON MAYPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- LESTER MCCABESergeant First Class · October 8, 1969
- ALEX ROY MOSHERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1969
- LARRY RAY OWENSPetty Officer Second Class · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISS LESLIE ROEDIGERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 52
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 53
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 1969
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.