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LUTHER MCKIND LASATER III
Captain · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – February 13, 1972
Service recordLuther McKind Lasater III, of Garland, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 106
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 106
- JAMES WESLEY KIEHNESergeant · February 13, 1972
- ROBERT MURRAY LAIRDSergeant · February 13, 1972
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 1972
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 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.