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LUTHER PAGE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1930 – February 14, 1968
Service recordLuther Page JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1930
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 36
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS YORK OSBORNEFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD CLAYTON BELLSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 28
- EDWARD LEE FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 32
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · Panel 39E, Line 35
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.