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THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Harold Utegaard, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 44
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 44
- WAYNE GREGORY SCRIMSHAWCorporal · June 13, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FEDERICO ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 37
- JUAN HIPOLITO CAMARGOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
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.