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LARRY JOE LUCKETT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 20, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Joe Luckett, of Pomona, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 14
- RUSSELL LEE HARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- BILLY GUINN LANGLEYCorporal · February 11, 1969
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- HARVEY EUGENE LOTTLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE ELWOOD HOOPAUGHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 32W, Line 13
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.