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Personal info

Full name
LUCAS, Richard E
Date of birth
17 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Laurel, Franklin County, Indiana
Hometown
Fayette County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15105864
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 32 7

Immediate family

Members
Stanley M. Lucas (father)
Lena (McDaniels) Lucas (mother)
Elsie Lucas (sister)
Isabelle Lucas (sister)
Harold E. Lucas (brother)
William Lucas (brother)
Jessie M. Lucas (sister)
Mildred Lucas (sister)
Richard Lucas (brother)
Lawrence Lucas (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard E. Lucas was a metal worked before he volunteered for the US Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 August 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

His brother-in-law, Claude Ford, is buried at Normandy American Military Cemetery.

His brother William served in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Lucas Family Tree / Indiana Birth Indexes, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Indianapolis News 20 December 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott