Private First Class Luce was a member of the Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company, 1st Signal Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on 29 November 1950.

Luce was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.