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MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – November 21, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Utter, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 60
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 60
- DAVID RICHARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SULLIVANCorporal · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES MINOR TAYLOR IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 61
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
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.