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JAMES CLIFFORD LUCERO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – June 13, 1969
Service recordJames Clifford Lucero, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 42
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 42
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD MOBILIAPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PARKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 37
- JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 41
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 43
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 45
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.