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PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – March 15, 1968
Service recordPatrick Alan Shutters, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 62
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- LARRY JOEL TAGGARTPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- RICHARD RAMIREZ TESOROSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- CHARLES SUMNER WALSHPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY FRANCIS AMBROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 56
- LARRY JOEL TAGGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 62
From Greensburg
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
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.