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GENE MILTON LUTZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1944 – May 20, 1966
Service recordGene Milton Lutz, of Greenville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 90
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- January 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 90
- FRANKLIN DELANO WATERSTechnical Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GILLIAM MOOREPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DENNIS LEROY NELSONCorporal · May 20, 1966
- CARTER REDMONDPrivate · May 20, 1966
- JAMES HARRISON REESEPrivate · May 20, 1966
From Greenville
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- TERRY RICHARD HEISERSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.