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FREDERICK E HUTTIE III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1945 – August 15, 1970
Service recordFrederick E Huttie III, of Prairie Village, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Prairie Village, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 115
- HERBERT MICHAEL HADDENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- JOHN EDDIE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- PETER ALDEN SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
From Prairie Village
- JAMES MALCOLM ARBUTHNOTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS IIPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- GARY LESLIE SHANKLieutenant · July 23, 1972
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.