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LARRY JACK LUCAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordLarry Jack Lucas, of Sheridan, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Arkansas (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOREHOUSESergeant · April 1, 1969
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 107
- WILLIAM B WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 5
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.