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WILLIAM HARVEY LUCAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – September 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Harvey Lucas, of Wykoff, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · 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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Wykoff, Minnesota (Fillmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 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 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 38
- JIMMY LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- GERALD DEVER POCHELPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOLF-DIETER DIETZSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 36
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 38
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 39
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 39
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.