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JAMES ALEX LUBAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1945 – September 22, 1967
Service recordJames Alex Lubas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 2
- BRUCE ELLIOTT SAGERIANLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
- FRANK MORRIS STREEKS JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- PATRICK EMMET BRODERICKLance Corporal · September 23, 1967
- OTIS LEE BUSHPrivate First Class · September 23, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 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.