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Personal info

Full name
LUCKETT, Luther James Jr "Jim"
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
17148735
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Soldier's Medal

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Denting, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 26 44

Immediate family

Members
Luther J. Luckett (father)
Emily A. (Schmidt) Luckett (mother)
Dudley G. Luckett (brother)

More information

Pvt Luther J. Luckett Jr attended college before he joined the Regular Army in Columbia, Missouri on 14 December 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He is remembered at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sedalia, Petits County, Missouri.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – HR Satchel, www.findagrave.com - Diana