Lieutenant Frank Luke Jr.'s Burial Case File
Below is a page from the Burial Case File of Lieutenant Frank Luke, World War I aviator. Burial files were compiled by the War Department, Office of the Quartermaster General, and contain correspondence, reports, telegrams, applications, and other papers relating to burials of service personnel. These records were compiled from January 1, 1915, to December 31, 1939.
Lieutenant Luke, known as the “Arizona Balloon Buster,” was a World War I fighter ace credited with 19 aerial victories, second only to Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
A page from the Burial Case File of Lieutenant Frank Luke, World War I aviator. National Archives Identifier: 366394334.
You can download this burial case file from the National Archives Catalog.
This record is located within Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, January 1, 1915–December 31, 1939. Many of the records in this collection have yet to be digitized. We encourage researchers to visit us onsite to explore these records and learn more about the archival collections held in the National Archives at St. Louis.