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PHILLIP WARREN LUCAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 7, 1931 – February 26, 1968
Service recordPhillip Warren Lucas, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 40
- LAWRENCE GRAHAM LEIGH JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- DAVID JOHN LINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- BILLY DALE LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 38
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 40
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LINTON REEVESCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 43
- SHERWOOD REYNOLDSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES TARINPrivate · Panel 41E, Line 45
- TERRY LEE VINGESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.