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MICHAEL JOHN LUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – March 11, 1971
Service recordMichael John Luse, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 39
- AERIO JOSEPH LUCCHI JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1971
- RONALD ROBERT NORTHROPSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
- DAVID HUGH SMITHCorporal · March 11, 1971
- RAYMOND JOHN BAKERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ARNOLD CALTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 37
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.