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Personal info

Full name
LUCAS, Martin Luther IV "Ted"
Date of birth
8 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Camden County, Missouri
Hometown
Pulaski County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37370144
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Section Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf-Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 7 18

Immediate family

Members
Martin L. Lucas III (father)
Dona D. (Manuel) Lucas (mother)
Floy M. Lucas (sister)
Harry M. Lucas (brother)
Mary A. (Shipman) Lucas (wife)

More information

Martin Lucas worked as an automobile mechanic before he joined the Regular Army on 14 October 1940 in Springfield, Missouri. He was discharged but re-enlisted on 1 July 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

His wife was pregnant with their son, Ted when he was shipped overseas. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 9 October 1944.

He was killed on 18 November 1944, leaving a young widow and an expected son, who was born in February 1945, about 4 months after his father was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet