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RUSSELL BURR LUKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1933 – February 1, 1966
Service recordRussell Burr Luker, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Navigation Sys Tech, Iff/Radar/Tacan, Ima (6413)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMGR 152 1 MAW
- Born
- February 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMGR 152 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 130
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · Panel 4E, Line 127
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 128
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 130
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 1968
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.