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Navy Veteran from Montgomery Honored as Illinois Veteran of the Month

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 June 24 
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 Description:  On December 23, 1966, Lucky Luckinbill was just that, when shells from hostile North Vietnamese shore batteries ripped through the USS OBrien, killing two sailors and wounding four others. Luckinbill survived a near miss, as one of the deadly shells struck near his assigned sleeping berth in the crew quarters on his ship, killing one of the other sailors. 
 Date Created:  06-24-2014 
 Agency ID:  735**14 
 ISL ID:  000000053449   Original UID: 174727 FIRST WORD: Navy