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BERNARD F DUTTON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1948 – July 4, 1968
Service recordBernard F Dutton JR, of Dedham, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Dedham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 9
- JERRY NORMAN ELLISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- DENNIS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
From Dedham
- NEAL ROBERT THALINPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW BARNES IIIPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- DOUGLAS D CROWECaptain · March 4, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD LITCHFIELDFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
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.