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CARL RICHARD HUTTULA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordCarl Richard Huttula, of Elma, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Elma, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 12
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL ELLIOTT JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH JONESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLIFFOR VANALLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 61E, Line 20
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.