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MICHAEL EUGENE LUKOW
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 1, 1951 – July 11, 1971
Service recordMichael Eugene Lukow, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 106
- THOMAS TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- DANIEL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- LANCE DAVIS WORKMANFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1971
- CURTIS GLENN VANWINKLESergeant · July 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BICKFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 105
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 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.