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CLYDE AUSTIN LUCAS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordClyde Austin Lucas, of Mendocino, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 49
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Surveyor (82B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mendocino, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 49
- WILLIAM COLUMBUS STREVEL JRCaptain · March 1, 1969
- JOSE LEZAMA JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DARYL LIESERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- BOBBY PAT LINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
From Mendocino
- ROBERT MICHAEL LATHROPEPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
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.