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JAMES ROBERT LUTE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 18, 1926 – January 7, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Lute, of Montgomery, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 18, 1926
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 57
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RONALD ELWOOD NELSONLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- ARVEL DEWIT AKERSLance Corporal · January 8, 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.