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Purple Heart Capt. Dan Lufkin, the Uni- versity of California's basket- ball captain in 1964 was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received during the recent Viet Cong offensive in Long Binh, Viet- nam. A native of Alameda, the 26-year old Army officer was wounded in the hand and right thigh by mortar shrapnel as the Viet Cong invaded II Field Force Headquarters Jan 31. Lufkin is currently opera- ations officer for the Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 Section, in Long Binh. Pryor to this assignment, he had been the Army liaison offi- cer with the Vietnamese Na- tional Olympic basketball team and had supervised its training. Recovering quickly from the wounds, Lufkin, a three-time All-Army basketball player, is expected to compete again this year. |
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