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ROLAND A CUTCHINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1942 – March 26, 1967
Service recordRoland A Cutchins, of Franklin, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Franklin, Virginia (Franklin (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 49
- ROBERT THOMAS BRINKLEYLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BRYSONCorporal · March 26, 1967
- CLARENCE JOHN BURLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- ESIQUIO AIRNALDO CANTUPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEROY WALTER CWIKLAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 50
From Franklin
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 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.