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CARL NORMAN CLUTTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – May 8, 1969
Service recordCarl Norman Clutter, of Wilmington, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 21
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 21
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BORGESPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BRASHEARLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1969
- MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALESSergeant · May 8, 1969
- RONALD BURNS REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE BOLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 20
- LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 25
- ALLEN TYLERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 26
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 26
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
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.