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MARK STANTON LUTES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1949 – December 26, 1968
Service recordMark Stanton Lutes, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 77
- RUSSELL LEE WELLS JRSpecialist Five · December 25, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.