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RICHARD THOMAS DUTRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – June 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Dutro, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 33
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 33
- JOHN ROBERT DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GLENN HENRY DUSBABEKLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- TIM LAVERN FRITZEPrivate · June 19, 1968
- LEONARDO LOPEZ-VAZQUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BESTPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · Panel 56W, Line 35
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 36
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 2
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.