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ROBERT ERVIN TUTTLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1945 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Ervin Tuttle, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 11
- DONALD WALTER SPERLCorporal · May 8, 1968
- WILLIAM DERRILL TRENTLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- LLOYD EUGENE TRIBBETTPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM VIKTORYN JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.