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ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – May 10, 1970
Service recordRobert Benjamin Luther, of Grand Island, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Island, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 13
- CLIFFORD F MACOMBER JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- JOHN STERLING MELIUSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1970
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · May 10, 1970
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 10
- JOHN STERLING MELIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 13
From Grand Island
- JOSEPH ANDRE LHUILLIERCaptain · July 25, 1968
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- JOSEPH EARL MUENCHCorporal · October 4, 1969
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 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.