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JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Thomas Gutekunst, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 30
- EDWARD MONROE HUDGENSMajor · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · March 21, 1970
- JOHN PERRY MALLOYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 21, 1970
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 28
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 31
- JOHN PAUL WANTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 32
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.