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RONALD LAWRENCE GUTKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – September 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Lawrence Gutke, of Almond, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 113
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Almond, Wisconsin (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 113
- MARTIN BARRY DYER JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
- MONTY JAY EICHHORNPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY FISHERFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
- WILLIAM HALL JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 115
From Almond
- GARY RUSSELL DOPPPrivate First Class · September 25, 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.