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JOSEPH PATRICK LUTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1951 – June 20, 1970
Service recordJoseph Patrick Lutz, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Deerfield Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 73
- THOMAS DWAIN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- MERRIL HOLTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- FREDERICK WAYNE HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- LARRY JOSEPH LOWTHERSpecialist Five · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT F COLATRUGLIOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 71
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Deerfield Beach
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM GASKINLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · May 17, 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.