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LUTHER JAMES DOSS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – April 30, 1970
Service recordLuther James Doss JR, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 72
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- RICHARD HAROLD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- JACK CHARLES EVERTSSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BARRY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 76
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
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.