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LARRY EUGENE LUTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Lutz, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 17
- GERALD ARLEN GRANSBURYSergeant · April 30, 1968
- GIANCARLO LUCCHESILance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- SAMMY RAY LUSKLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- EDUARDO MARQUEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 21
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.