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RICHARD ALLEN CUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Cutler, of Sherrard, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 28
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Sherrard, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 28
- RICHARD STEVEN CLARECorporal · July 21, 1969
- ARCHIE GLENN CULVERSergeant First Class · July 21, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- EDWARD SAMUEL HAMILTONPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ROGELIO PANGANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 31
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.