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ARLEN CLIFTON TUTTLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1930 – November 5, 1965
Service recordArlen Clifton Tuttle, of Ft Campbell, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Ft Campbell, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 22
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY ALLAN HENRY RAYSKIPrivate First Class · November 5, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 22
From Ft Campbell
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- RENE CERDA LOPEZSergeant · June 12, 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.