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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Francis Lostutter.

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GEORGE FRANCIS LOSTUTTER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 9, 1950 – August 4, 1969

Service record

George Francis Lostutter, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 95

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
February 9, 1950
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 4, 1969
Age
19
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 95

From Los Angeles

All 540 names from Los Angeles →

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.