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KENNETH BERNARD LUTTEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – June 2, 1970
Service recordKenneth Bernard Luttel, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 2
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- ARNOLD JOHN KULHANEKSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1970
- WILLIAM ROY PORTERSergeant · June 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS BOHRMANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 133
- DANIEL WALLACE HARRISONCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 1
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
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.