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LUKAS JOHN VENTLINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1944 – February 18, 1968
Service recordLukas John Ventline, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 15
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 15
- VINCENT MICHAEL SORANNOSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THORNHILLSergeant · February 18, 1968
- JOSEPH PARKHILL TURNBULLCorporal · February 18, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES VONASEKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 6
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 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.