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JOHN DAVIS CHUTER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 13, 1928 – May 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Davis Chuter, of Freeport, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 7, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 38
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Born
- November 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Freeport, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 38
- OWEN WAYNE WORTHEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- PHILIP PAUL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
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.