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LARRY FRANCIS LUCAS
Captain · U.S. Army
April 29, 1940 – December 20, 1966
Service recordLarry Francis Lucas, of Marmet, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1966, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 131 AVN CO 223 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP
- Born
- April 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Marmet, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 64
- PEDRO HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ALAN KUPREVICHCorporal · December 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
From Marmet
- BRUCE HASSELL SCRAGGSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.