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THOMAS RICHARD STUTTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – December 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Richard Stutts, of Rienzi, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Rienzi, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 19
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · December 1, 1968
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PETER HELLENBRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 17
From Rienzi
- HENSLEY MCFADDEN DILWORTHLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
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.