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WILLIAM LEE LUTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Lutz, of Whitnel, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Whitnel, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 76
- RANDY TRUMAN KENDLEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 59
- ALAN ASHERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 59
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ROBERT LE RHEA COWAN IIISergeant · Panel 25W, Line 64
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- ROBERT EUGENE GRETHSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 69
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL KNAUSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 74
- MICHAEL JOHN MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WILLIAM ERIC SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 83
- RICHARD DEAN SHANNON JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 84
- JAMES RODNEY SOWERSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 85
- MICHAEL RAYMOND TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 89
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
- JOSEPH WILBERT WOODARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 91
- ROGER EDSON WOOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL YEATTSCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 92
From Whitnel
- ROBERT JUNIOR MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.