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JERRY WOODROW CUTTING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – January 23, 1971
Service recordJerry Woodrow Cutting, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 62
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 62
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · January 22, 1971
- ALFONSO ANTONIO BRITOLance Corporal · January 23, 1971
- GEORGE RICHARD MARR JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1971
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.