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FRANK ELLIOTT MCNUTT
Captain · U.S. Army
February 1, 1944 – July 16, 1970
Service recordFrank Elliott McNutt, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 23
- RONALD HENRY REILLYSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- WILLIAM FOY SETTLESpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL TIMMONSCorporal · July 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MICHAEL WEAVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 24
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.