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STEVEN ERNEST LUCAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – October 3, 1970
Service recordSteven Ernest Lucas, of North Vernon, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- North Vernon, Indiana (Jennings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 110
- MICHAEL JOHN SAMPSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- OLEN LEE UPSHAWStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1970
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
- GARY PETER FORMICASpecialist Four · October 4, 1970
From North Vernon
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN TRUJILLOSergeant · July 10, 1968
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.