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CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1949 – July 26, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas McNutt, of Hingham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hingham, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 15
- TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTESpecialist Four · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD MARK ONEALCorporal · July 26, 1968
- ERIC PARKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 12
- STEVEN ARTHUR FRINKPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 13
- WILLIAM JAMES TELLISSergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 16
- FERNANDO MARCELO VALDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 16
From Hingham
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1967
- BARRY LEE WOLKCorporal · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 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.