Ia tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - O le Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey na nofo i West Tisbury, Massachusetts, ma maliu ai i inā iā Setema 9, 1974, i le 69 o ona tausaga. Na faaipoipo o ia i le tamaitai o Carey Walker mai Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, o le afafine o le Army Brigadier general Meriwether L. Walker, o se sa avea muamua ma Kovana o le Panama Canal Zone
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