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STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – February 1, 1969
Service recordStephen Ray Kutschbach, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 32
- REGINALD MILMEN HERBERTCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL LAMANNAPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- DAVID ALAN LANNINGPrivate · February 1, 1969
- STEVEN LAWRENCE LEACHLance Corporal · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 30
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 33
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 35
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 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.