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EDWARD F GUTHRIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1944 – May 2, 1968
Service recordEdward F Guthrie, of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Idabel, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 9
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- NATHANIEL HARVEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD JONESCorporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 2
- EARNEST WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 2
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 4
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 7
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 7
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 17
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 18
- THOMAS MICHAEL WALKERCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Idabel
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- SAMUEL FLOYD ROLENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PULLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
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.