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GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – October 18, 1970
Service recordGregory Mitchell Kutkowski, of Irvington, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 7
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Irvington, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
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 Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
- LEO ALFRED COLEMANSpecialist Five · October 18, 1970
- RANDALL CLAIBORNE KNISELYStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1970
- SIDNEY ALLEN KURZSergeant · October 18, 1970
From Irvington
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HILLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · January 27, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · February 27, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
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.