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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Eristeo Gutierrez JR.

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ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

August 9, 1947 – October 10, 1968

Service record

Eristeo Gutierrez JR, of Mathis, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 41W · Line 39

Position of Panel 41W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
August 9, 1947
Home of record
Mathis, Texas (San Patricio County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1968
Age
21
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 41W, Line 39

Same unit, same day

From Mathis

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.