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HARRY GENE LUTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1937 – April 7, 1966
Service recordHarry Gene Lute, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 5, 1937
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- WALTER CHARLES FILLMAN SRSergeant · April 7, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JEROME BAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 93
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.