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MYRON DONALD LUCAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – July 27, 1967
Service recordMyron Donald Lucas, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 8
- RAYMOND JAMES LUDWIGPrivate · July 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITHStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE MORALESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 9
- RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.