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DONALD THOMAS LUTZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1935 – June 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Thomas Lutz, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Southern Pines, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 57W, Line 11
- PAUL NELSON LOYALance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · June 13, 1968
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAUPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 9
- JOE ANTHONY SNITKOPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 13
From Southern Pines
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- PAUL MATTHEW SPENCERLance Corporal · April 18, 1968
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · May 19, 1968
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.