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ALVIN GEORGE MUTTER
Major · U.S. Army
August 15, 1929 – September 14, 1968
Service recordAlvin George Mutter, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Boyertown, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 58
- CHARLES KENNETH FINKPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- CARY FRANCIS MCAFEECaptain · September 14, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES MOORESergeant First Class · September 14, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER NAIMO JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES MOORESergeant First Class · Panel 44W, Line 58
From Boyertown
- CLYDE EDWARD TRIEVEL JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- TED ROGER MILLERPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
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.