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LOWRY TAYLOR CUTHBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – September 25, 1969
Service recordLowry Taylor Cuthbert, of Compton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 6
- WALTER LEROY SMILESSpecialist Five · September 24, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 24, 1969
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- JOHNNY RAYMOND ESQUIERDOPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.