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CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1943 – February 20, 1967
Service recordCharles Richard Guttilla, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 66
- ENOCH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1967
- BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTEHospitalman · February 20, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- GARY LEE WOOTONSergeant · February 20, 1967
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.