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MELVIN GUYTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordMelvin Guyton, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 8
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- BENNIE JOE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MICHAEL JEROME GRUENWALDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD HAAG JRSpecialist Five · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- KENNETH MICHAEL FRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- DONALD LEON FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 13
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 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.