Geoffrey was the son of Alex Lukey of Deadwood Alberta and Pearl Lukey of Calgary Alberta Canada who enlisted in the US Marine Corps on May 17 1968 in Butte MT. He arrived in Vietnam on January 15 1968 and was assigned to Company H, BLT (Battalion Landing Team) 2/26, 9th MAB FMFPAC. On April 4 he was reassigned to 3d CAG III MAF and upon completing training joined CACO 3-1, CAP 3-1-3 near Phu Bai in Thua Tien Province.
On October 6 the CAP platoon was on patrol in the vicinity of the Phu Bai village complex when LCpl Lukey attempted to rescue a fellow Marine that had slipped and fallen into a washed out portion of the stream. In his doing so, he slipped and was swept into the Song Phu river by the fast flowing current. Rescue attempts were made unsuccessfully and he drowned.
On October 9, Vietnamese fishermen recovered LCpl Lukeys body that was floating downstream just east of Highway 1 the near the Phu Bai (4) hamlet market. His remains were returned to CAP 3-1-3.
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