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JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJoseph Delmar Rutter JR, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 2
- IVAN KIMOKEO PASCALPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN HERSCHELL REIDCorporal · May 23, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN SMITHCorporal · May 23, 1968
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 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.