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HERBERT LEROY TUTTLE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1949 – May 9, 1968
Service recordHerbert Leroy Tuttle JR, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 2
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- FRED LAMAR WHILES JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- PHILIP GREGORY WIGTONLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.