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GARY ALBERT UTRIAINEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1951 – June 11, 1970
Service recordGary Albert Utriainen, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 46
- KENNETH R MCKENNA JRPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
- REX EDWIN THORNLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE WEBBPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
- STANLEY M CIESIELSKISergeant · June 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 45
- JOHNNY LEE WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.