Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 31-Mar-1945
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 30-Jul-1967
Incident date: 22-Sep-1967
Date of casualty: 22-Sep-1967
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
James Alex Lubas died as the result of gunshot wound received when machine gun accidentally detonated while passenger on tank on combat operation.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Illinois, USA
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