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NELSON CHARLES LUTHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1941 – May 9, 1970
Service recordNelson Charles Luther, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 6 BN 32 ARTY
- Born
- August 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 7
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JOHN AUSTIN MARRSergeant · May 9, 1970
From Warminster
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
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.