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ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordAllan Bruce McCutcheon, of Harrisville, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisville, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 63
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- JERRY MARCUS MOODYLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- NORMAN ROBERT MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 62
- RICHARD BARRY SAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
From Harrisville
- JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLINCaptain · August 27, 1964
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.