The Wall › Panel 30W › California › John Edward Lortz III
JOHN EDWARD LORTZ III
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Lortz III, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 102
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 102
- CLARENCE EDWARD FETTYStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY HILL JRCorporal · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 10, 1969
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 99
- LEON COITSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 101
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.