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KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1943 – February 25, 1967
Service recordKendell Dwayne Cutbirth, of Midland, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 89
- JOE WILSON BARNESSergeant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE DAYTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- DONOVAN KEITH ELWELLPrivate · February 25, 1967
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
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.
