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PAUL FRANKLIN LUCE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 9, 1935 – August 2, 1968
Service recordPaul Franklin Luce, of Alameda, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 2, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 51
- LARRY ALLEN JAMERSONCorporal · August 2, 1968
- KENNETH RAY JONESLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY KELLYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.