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CARL ALVIN SHUTT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1949 – March 27, 1968
Service recordCarl Alvin Shutt JR, of Cortland, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 50
- JOSEPH EUGENE SINTONISpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- IRWIN ROSS SOBELPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- EXTRUMBERTO SOLISSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- MACWAYNE SPEAKSCaptain · March 27, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- STEVEN JOHN GAFTUNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 45
- LOUIS WILLIAM HAMILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.