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THOMAS BURTON LUKES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – July 13, 1968
Service recordThomas Burton Lukes, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 23
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWARD PILLOWCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 24
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.