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FREDERICK LEROY NUTTER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
March 20, 1946 – October 18, 1970
Service recordFrederick Leroy Nutter, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 8
- DONALD BRITTON SOWELLPrivate · October 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
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.