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LUTHER BETHEA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1948 – August 13, 1968
Service recordLuther Bethea JR, of Dillon, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Dillon, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 5
- MARCUS RAY ASPLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- DANNY CURTIS CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
From Dillon
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.