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MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – October 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Elsmere Lucas, of Oroville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 45
- ISAAC JOSEPH CORBETTStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- WENDELL PAUL CURRYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAYESMajor · October 6, 1969
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
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.