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HERBERT GEORGE LUCAS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1944 – September 2, 1968
Service recordHerbert George Lucas, of Brawley, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 27
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY
- Born
- October 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Brawley, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 27
- WINSTON ELVETTE MARCANOSergeant · September 2, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY MOONCorporal · September 2, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD OSBORNSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- JAMES DALE PEOPLESFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
From Brawley
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · May 9, 1968
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.