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LUTHER ANDERSON GHAHATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordLuther Anderson Ghahate, of Zuni, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Zuni, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 12
- JAMES PATRICK GULIESpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- KARL ELTON KELLEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS KISSELL JRStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DICKIE WAINE FINLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 11
From Zuni
- ERNEST DELBERT PEINASpecialist Four · September 13, 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.