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OSCAR G GUTIERREZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – March 11, 1968
Service recordOscar G Gutierrez, of Sandusky, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 17
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 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
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 17
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- WILLIAM SPRAGGINS HUNTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- BENNY KUMIYAMA SANCHEZCorporal · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS DALE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 20
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.