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GEORGE RICHARD CUTHBERT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 7, 1946 – March 29, 1970
Service recordGeorge Richard Cuthbert, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 55
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 55
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- GORDON MARLO GUNHUSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.