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JOHN PETER GUTTMANN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Peter Guttmann JR, of Valmeyer, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Valmeyer, Illinois (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 101
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE GAYERSergeant · March 10, 1969
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · March 10, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES GILLETTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN B PETERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 2
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.