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LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – July 15, 1969
Service recordLucas Rodriquez Enriquez, of Milpitas, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 124
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Milpitas, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 124
- DAVID HAMILTON DUNNSpecialist Five · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
From Milpitas
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- HAROLD EDWARD BOETCHERLance Corporal · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT ALBERT HORCAJOPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.