Larry Francis Lucas

Vietnam War
Unit131st Aviation Company
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMarmet West Virginia
Date of DeathDecember 20 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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131st Aviation Company
Notes
Captain Lucas was a member of 131st Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group. On December 20, 1966, he was the pilot of a Grumman Mohawk Aircraft (OV-1A) near Sepone, Laos when the aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on September 20, 1999 and identified on April 26, 2002. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.