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DONALD MAURICE GUTRICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – April 24, 1968
Service recordDonald Maurice Gutrick, of Nanjemoy, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Nanjemoy, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 46
- LARRY EDWARD ANDERSONLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- GEORGE B HERTLEIN IIICaptain · April 24, 1968
- FERNANDO JAMES HUGHESCorporal · April 24, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 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.