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RICKIE LUKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1949 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRickie Luker, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- COLIE ETHERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- CLEM CALVIN GILESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.