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JOHN ALBERT LUKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – March 6, 1971
Service recordJohn Albert Luke, of Rapid Woods, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Rapid Woods, Wisconsin
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 28
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
- FRANCIS DAVID LUPOPetty Officer Second Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS AMBROSE TOLEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 29
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.