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WERNER ERHARD LUTZ
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1938 – June 2, 1965
Service recordWerner Erhard Lutz, of Fairview, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 130
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- August 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Fairview, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 130
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- THOMAS LEE PLANTSPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
From Fairview
- ERIC REINHARD NORDMANWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 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.