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LUTHER MANLEY SEXTON JR
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
July 23, 1945 – July 29, 1968
Service recordLuther Manley Sexton JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 32
- GARY VARNER ORSLANDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY PEMBERTONCorporal · July 29, 1968
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL SMITHCorporal · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD AUXIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 29
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 30
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 30
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.