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STEPHEN FORREST CHUTE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1949 – May 18, 1968
Service recordStephen Forrest Chute, of Carmichael, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 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 62E, Line 16
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- GARY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.