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LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – October 8, 1968
Service recordLucas Herrera Rodriguez, of Agat, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Agat, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 31
- DANIEL JAMES COONONCaptain · October 8, 1968
- R T PERRYCorporal · October 8, 1968
- WILLIE CAPAHAS PRICEPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN ALVIN FURROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 29
- EUGENE HINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 33
From Agat
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · June 25, 1967
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- EMILIO NINAISEN NEDEDOGSergeant · February 27, 1971
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.