Bio: Luchterhand, Thomas L. - Airman (Training Graduate – 1970)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Luchterhand, Weigel

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 01 Oct 1970

Airman Thomas L. Luchterhand, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Luchterhand, Rt. 2, Spencer, Wisconsin, has graduated with honors at Sheppard AFB, Texas, from the training course for U.S. Air Force aircraft mechanics.

Airman Luchterhand, now trained to maintain and service reciprocating engine aircraft and aircraft systems, is being assigned to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, for duty in a unit of the Alaskan Air Command, which guards the Arctic air approaches to North America.

A 1966 graduate of Loyal High School, the airman attended Wisconsin State University and Milwaukee School of Engineering.

His wife, Joyce, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Weigel, Rt. 5, Marshfield, Wisconsin.