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GEORGE GUTIERREZ JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1941 – September 1, 1965
Service recordGeorge Gutierrez JR, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- January 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 71
- WILLIAM HENRY EBERHARDTSpecialist Five · September 1, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- CARL JOSEPH MANGOLDFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
From Harlingen
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.