Lutz, Wilmer Thomas, MSG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Master Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Engineer Corps

Last Primary MOS
12Z5-Combat Engineer Senior Sergeant

Last MOS Group
Engineer Corps (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 12B40, B Company, 70th Engineer Battalion

Service Years
1954 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Maryland

Year of Birth
1936

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Casualty Info

Home Town Baltimore	Last Address Griffin Street, Hartford, KY, 40427

Casualty Date Nov 19, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died of Illness, Other Injury	Reason Misadventure
Location Darlac (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Sunnyside Cemetery - Beaver Dam, Kentucky	Wall/Plot Coordinates 38W 012

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1978, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 451 (Fallen Member (Honor Roll)) (Baltimore, Maryland) - Chap. Page
	1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

Bronze Star Citation	KIA Notice	Obituary	Obituary
Grave Marker	Headstone	Memorial	Service Photo

Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year July / 1968	To Month/Year November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces. In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year July / 1968	To Month/Year November / 1968

Last Updated: Sep 5, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
1st Cavalry Division
29th Civil Affairs Company, I Corps
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
630th Military Police Company
18th Military Police Brigade
16th Military Police Group
545th Military Police Company
300th Military Police Company
212th Military Police Company
66th Military Police Company
272nd Military Police Company
716th Military Police Battalion
23rd Military Police Company
504th Military Police Battalion
218th Military Police Company
194th Military Police Company
1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division
615th Military Police Company
148th Military Police Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion
720th Military Police Battalion
95th Military Police Battalion
127th Military Police Company
527th Military Police Company
154th Transportation Company
552nd Military Police Company
23rd Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery
557th Military Police Company
101st Military Police Company
981st Military Police Company
93rd Military Police Battalion