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JAMES LEE LUTTRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1949 – June 21, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Luttrell, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 14
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- BARRY EDWARD KINCAIDPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY LAWSergeant · June 21, 1968
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · June 21, 1968
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.