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BILLY RAY LUCAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1950 – May 19, 1970
Service recordBilly Ray Lucas, of Maysville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Maysville, Kentucky (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 66
- BILLY RAY PARKERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- JOSEPH STEPHEN PRINCECaptain · May 19, 1970
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- ALLEN DAWAN UDINKSpecialist Four · December 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 65
- ROGER THOMAS LAGODZINSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 65
From Maysville
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ERNIE WAYNE ROSSERCorporal · December 11, 1966
- DONALD RANDELL LEWISLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS GROVESPrivate · May 10, 1972
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.