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FRED CLAY CUTRER JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1935 – August 6, 1964
Service recordFred Clay Cutrer JR, of Osyka, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 6, 1964, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 405 FTR WG
- Born
- January 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Osyka, Mississippi (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1964; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “405 FTR WG”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 60
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 61
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.