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LUKE JUNIOR AZLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordLuke Junior Azlin, of Heavener, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 81
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Heavener, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 81
- NORMAN GENE WELCHPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1969
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · June 5, 1969
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 83
- TERRY DEAN MILLERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 90
From Heavener
- BILLY RONALD ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RONALD CHARLES OGLESBYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 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.