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WILBUR RAY LUCAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1942 – May 29, 1966
Service recordWilbur Ray Lucas, of Clinton, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Clinton, Missouri (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 122
- ROGER ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZPrivate · May 29, 1966
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EDWARD CICERO SEXTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WALTER BRUCE STEVENSSergeant · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 120
- ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCALPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 122
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 123
From Clinton
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JAMESLance Corporal · September 2, 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.