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SAMMY RAY LUSK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1945 – April 30, 1968
Service recordSammy Ray Lusk, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 17
- GERALD ARLEN GRANSBURYSergeant · April 30, 1968
- GIANCARLO LUCCHESILance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE LUTZPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- EDUARDO MARQUEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.