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LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1939 – July 2, 1966
Service recordLeslie Isma Morales-Lucas, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 120
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · July 2, 1966
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 122
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 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.