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STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – March 14, 1969
Service recordStephen Wayne Lucia, of Newport Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 38
- SYDNEY CLAUDE HOWARDLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- WAYMON LOUIS JONES JRCorporal · March 14, 1969
- ANDREW JOSEPH KUKURUDAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEYSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 35
- FURNACE FREEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 37
- WAYMON LOUIS JONES JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 38
From Newport Beach
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- GALEN LEROY MOORESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JEROME CHARLES SHOMAKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- ROLAND DEAN TROYANOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1971
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.