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ROBERT EDWARD LUTZ JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 20, 1938 – February 9, 1972
Service recordRobert Edward Lutz JR, of Troy, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 9, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- August 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Troy, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 105
- JAMES EDWARD MAXWELLSpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
- GEORGE HENRY TOUSLEY IIICaptain · February 8, 1972
- JAMES LESTER ENNISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1972
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
From Troy
- ROBERT DENNIS BROWNSpecialist Four · June 18, 1965
- GEORGE DONALD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE TASKERWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN MAHANSergeant · September 13, 1968
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.