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JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Luebke JR, of Naperville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 2
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Naperville, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 2
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN MILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 47
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 48
- JIMMY LEE HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 49
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 1
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 1
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 3
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 4
From Naperville
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · January 26, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 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.