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JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 19, 1934 – August 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Howard Guthridge, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 7
- LOUIS VINCENT HERMANN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- RICHARD DIDACUS KRUPAFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MAURERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- DOYLE ANTHONY MORRISCorporal · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH MACDONALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 8
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
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.