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JOHN WALTER LUTTRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – March 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Walter Luttrell, of Lake Zurich, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Zurich, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 112
- RODNEY GLENN HELSELCorporal · March 11, 1970
- GARY RAY LARGEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- ROGER DALE LEGGLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 109
- PETER LOUIS PROCOPIOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 113
- LESTER PAUL SABAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 114
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.