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ALLEN LEE LUCAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – November 9, 1968
Service recordAllen Lee Lucas, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 41
- STEVEN DENNIS KRECHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- HOWARD GREGORY PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- ROGER EDWARD WICHMANCaptain · November 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 39
From Pasadena
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.