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PAUL ROGER LUKINS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 30, 1943 – May 13, 1969
Service recordPaul Roger Lukins, of Riverside, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 104
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 104
- RANDY K BRONSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MALECKICorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAYMOND MUNCHCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 107
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.