HONORED ON PANEL 49W, LINE 31 OF THE WALL
JAMES FRANCIS LUCAS
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JAMES F LUCAS
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LEFT FOR JAMES FRANCIS LUCAS
POSTED ON 5.26.2025
POSTED BY: Michael S. Dzikowski
Happy Memorial Day Jimmy…..05/26/2025
To all the curious Lucas & Camo families and offspring: I was one of Jimmy’s best friends , roommates, and cross country, hitchhiking adventurers since the 2nd grade (Holy Trinity). We received our draft notices and enlisting together into U.S. Marine & Army in the summer of 1967. We both got married to our neighborhood sweethearts Angela and Maureen in December, 1967….. I never saw Jimmy after our Christmas weddings. He sadly, was killed 08/08/1968 while already serving in Vietnam while I was still finishing U.S Army flight school in Alabama….. He was a great, great friend always! His love for life, his generosity, kindness, loyalty and bravery will never be forgotten. Please feel free to reach out to me should you need to ask more about Jimmy at [email protected].
Respectfully, Mike Dzikowski
Respectfully, Mike Dzikowski
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POSTED ON 3.3.2025
POSTED BY: Tony Ritter
Great Uncle Jimmy
Great Uncle Jimmy jumped on a hand grenade saving his friends while serving his country. He was a true testament of what a man who stands up for others is. Jimmy was stolen from my family before his time and I still carry my grandmothers his sister (Helen Ritter) anger over losing him.
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POSTED ON 11.11.2024
POSTED BY: Michael S. Dzikowski
Miss you…
Dear Jimmy,
Another year has past. I have not read nor heard from any Lucas or Camo family but, I’m confident they all still miss you. I often reflect on our many, many good times together, your contagious laugh, your great sense of humor, your devoted friendship….. Mike Dzikowski ([email protected])
Another year has past. I have not read nor heard from any Lucas or Camo family but, I’m confident they all still miss you. I often reflect on our many, many good times together, your contagious laugh, your great sense of humor, your devoted friendship….. Mike Dzikowski ([email protected])
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POSTED ON 10.18.2023
POSTED BY: Michael S. Dzikowski
Happy 75th Birthday Jimmy!
Alex Mulvenna, our good friend and another special Vietnam hero, left a lovely remembrance for you today. So hard to believe we were just 19 the last time we were all together, enjoying life, back in our old West Side neighborhood. We all miss you very much and think about you very often…. Happy Birthday! Cheers!…. Mike
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POSTED ON 10.18.2023
POSTED BY: Alex Mulvenna
Old neighborhood friend
You stepped on a mine in Vietnam on August 8th, 1968, and never returned home. I think of you often, most especially in August.
Like me, you were a child of the sixties, a son of a small neighborhood on the westside of NYC.
You were so much alive, so much full of youthful intensity. When you laughed, you laughed hard and long.
Those you knew you and loved you will always remember you, forever young
Today, October 18, 2023, you would have been 75.
Thank you for your service.
Like me, you were a child of the sixties, a son of a small neighborhood on the westside of NYC.
You were so much alive, so much full of youthful intensity. When you laughed, you laughed hard and long.
Those you knew you and loved you will always remember you, forever young
Today, October 18, 2023, you would have been 75.
Thank you for your service.
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