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RICHARD E NUTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1944 – March 5, 1966
Service recordRichard E Nutt, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 122
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 122
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 112
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · Panel 5E, Line 113
- ROBERT MALUENDA CALIBOSOCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 114
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 118
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 121
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 122
- MACK DONALD STAINBACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 125
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 126
From Champaign
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 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.