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PAUL DAVID LUCAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1951 – September 18, 1969
Service recordPaul David Lucas, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- January 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 110
- RANDALL LEE KRUEGERLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 1969
- ARTHUR LEWISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- JOSEPH EDMUND MAZZANTISpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
From Broken Arrow
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · July 28, 1969
- GARY KEITH BARNETTSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 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.