Devereaux was born to Cajun parents and raised in a farm in Meraux in Louisiana. Most of the details of his childhood are left unexplained in the movie, though it is reasonable to surmise that he was born around or before 1947, making him at least 20 when he is deployed to Vietnam.
Universal Soldier (1992) Main article: Universal Soldier In 1969 in Vietnam, Luc Deveraux is nearing the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam. Luc's comrade, Sergeant Andrew Scott, goes insane and begins killing Vietnamese civilians and fellow American soldiers indiscriminately. After attempting to reason with Scott, Luc attempts to stop him from killing two villagers, resulting in the two soldiers shooting each other to death. Their bodies are recovered from the field and put on ice, and they are falsely listed as "missing in action".
