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CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGEN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1941 – June 1, 1966
Service recordChester Arthur Lutgen, of Lowell, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 131
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Lowell, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 131
- GARY AMES MILLERLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- PETER FRYE SCHRAMMLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
From Lowell
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- DAVID LEE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1969
- KENNETH REED MCDANIELCorporal · August 13, 1969
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.