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CHARLES MATHEW DUTTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 5, 1946 – April 8, 1968
Service recordCharles Mathew Dutton, of Wellsville, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Wellsville, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 52
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- HERBERT TERRELL CROSSSecond Lieutenant · April 8, 1968
- STANFORD MORRIS GOUGHSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
- ALLEN EBERLY GROSHONGHospitalman · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN URBAN ANDREOTTASpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 50
- RICHARD GEORGE BAMBRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 50
- HAROLD EUGENE BARRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 50
From Wellsville
- DONALD EARL THOMPSONCommander · February 4, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- DONALD NEIL PENSYLSpecialist Four · August 30, 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.