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HANS PETER LUTZ
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 24, 1945 – July 10, 1966
Service recordHans Peter Lutz, of Copiague, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 10, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 15
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Copiague, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 15
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- KENNETH C KRAUSSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1966
From Copiague
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- DENNIS GERARD MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.