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LUTHER ALLEN GENES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 18, 1950 – September 12, 1970
Service recordLuther Allen Genes, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1950
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 58
- JUAN AVILA JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- HAROLD OWEN HARPERSergeant · September 12, 1970
- LEONARD J KOWALSKI JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 12, 1970
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEVON MARDIC ENMANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 57
- LEONARD J KOWALSKI JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 58
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · Panel 7W, Line 58
- STEPHEN CHARLES NAHERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 59
From North Charleston
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
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.