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ERVIN LEE TUTTLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1945 – March 2, 1970
Service recordErvin Lee Tuttle, of Henderson, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Henderson, Texas (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 76
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL AGUILERAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
From Henderson
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN POOLPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 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.