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JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 31, 1949 – August 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Sylvester Nutwell, of Brandywine, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Brandywine, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 3
- BRUCE GARLAND TINDALLStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · August 25, 1970
- DONALD GEORGE CHMIELStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 1
- MILTON REGINALD KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 2
From Brandywine
- JAN FRANKLIN WILSONCorporal · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES GONZIE GRAYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- CLIFFORD CRAIG BLEND JRCorporal · January 6, 1970
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.