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ROBERT FRED GUTHRIE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 18, 1944 – January 31, 1966
Service recordRobert Fred Guthrie, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 123
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 123
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HAMILTONLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1966
From Cheyenne
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
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.