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KARL LUCAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1932 – April 25, 1968
Service recordKarl Lucas, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 7
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- EDGAR CARTHA LAYE JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED SENA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 11
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 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.