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ALBERT R GUTIERREZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordAlbert R Gutierrez JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 2
- STEVEN JOEL FOSTERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- DENNIS ANTHONY GUNDERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 58
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.