Colonel Carl G. Lutz (US Army, retired) died peacefully at age 98 at his farmhouse in West Hartland, Connecticut on June 29, 2011.
He was born in Princeton, NJ in 1912 to Jacob and Anna Lutz. He was married to Margaret (Messler) Lutz, who died in 2001. He attended Princeton University, class of 1937.
Carl was a career Army officer who reenlisted after Pearl Harbor and fought in the Pacific in World War II. He was with MacArthur in his return to the Philippines. He later led the development of the Army's Redeye missile, the forerunner of the Stinger missile. He also worked at NORAD (North American Air Defense Command), and was Commander of the Division Artillery Brigade for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, before retiring.
He was born in Princeton, NJ in 1912 to Jacob and Anna Lutz. He was married to Margaret (Messler) Lutz, who died in 2001. He attended Princeton University, class of 1937.
Carl was a career Army officer who reenlisted after Pearl Harbor and fought in the Pacific in World War II. He was with MacArthur in his return to the Philippines. He later led the development of the Army's Redeye missile, the forerunner of the Stinger missile. He also worked at NORAD (North American Air Defense Command), and was Commander of the Division Artillery Brigade for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, before retiring.
Colonel Carl G. Lutz (US Army, retired) died peacefully at age 98 at his farmhouse in West Hartland, Connecticut on June 29, 2011.
He was born in Princeton, NJ in 1912 to Jacob and Anna Lutz. He was married to Margaret (Messler) Lutz, who died in 2001. He attended Princeton University, class of 1937.
Carl was a career Army officer who reenlisted after Pearl Harbor and fought in the Pacific in World War II. He was with MacArthur in his return to the Philippines. He later led the development of the Army's Redeye missile, the forerunner of the Stinger missile. He also worked at NORAD (North American Air Defense Command), and was Commander of the Division Artillery Brigade for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, before retiring.
He was born in Princeton, NJ in 1912 to Jacob and Anna Lutz. He was married to Margaret (Messler) Lutz, who died in 2001. He attended Princeton University, class of 1937.
Carl was a career Army officer who reenlisted after Pearl Harbor and fought in the Pacific in World War II. He was with MacArthur in his return to the Philippines. He later led the development of the Army's Redeye missile, the forerunner of the Stinger missile. He also worked at NORAD (North American Air Defense Command), and was Commander of the Division Artillery Brigade for the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, before retiring.
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