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ROBERT STEPHEN UTECHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1950 – July 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Stephen Utecht, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 117
- BOYD ADAM STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEROY WELCHLance Corporal · July 3, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BOOKOUTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 114
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.