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MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Hamilton Tuten, of North Augusta, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- North Augusta, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 54
- ISIAH THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- TOM MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM WALTER WATERS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HARTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 49
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 52
From North Augusta
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- JOSEP L RUZICKA JRCaptain · July 30, 1972
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.