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DAVID GUY LUCAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1944 – June 19, 1965
Service recordDavid Guy Lucas, of Rawlins, Wyoming, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Rawlins, Wyoming (Carbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 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.