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BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1934 – May 20, 1969
Service recordBruce Irving Luttrell, of Auburn, Maine, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Auburn, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 60
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT J MCDOWELL JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
- TOMMY DEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CHARLES STONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 62
From Auburn
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.