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STEVE RALPH LUKE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 30, 1945 – December 6, 1968
Service recordSteve Ralph Luke, of Provo, Utah, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 6, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 52
- RAY MCKIBBENSergeant · December 6, 1968
- MICHAEL MEREDITH MEGINNLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE MILLIONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- LONNIE RAY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
From Provo
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.