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JAMES IRVING CUTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – December 29, 1968
Service recordJames Irving Cutler, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 3
- BILLIE BYRDSergeant · December 29, 1968
- SAMUEL VERNELL DAVISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ELLIOT IILieutenant Commander · December 29, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD EDWARD BRADFORDCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 3
- DAN NINKEY JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 4
- WILLIAM SYLVESTER DEBOERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 7
- FARL DUANE WAGNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 7
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.