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JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1935 – May 10, 1971
Service recordJames Martin Luttrell, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 29
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1971
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 29
- CLAYTON WADE JAMESChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 10, 1971
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · May 10, 1971
- ALEXANDER QUIROZSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KLAUS YRURGEN BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 28
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.