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JAMES LUTTGENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1949 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJames Luttgens, of Keyport, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Keyport, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- MILTON JOSEPH JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 9, 1970
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 3
- TERRY EUGENE WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 5
From Keyport
- ROBERT IRVIN JOHNSONSergeant · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · April 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
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.