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DERRIS LEE UUTELA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1949 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDerris Lee Uutela, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 23
- JOHNNY MAJOR SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- HARRY LEE THEURKAUFSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- NORMAN MICHAEL TURONEWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LONNIE VINGEPrivate · June 5, 1968
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.