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WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
June 5, 1945 – August 5, 1969
Service recordWalter Joseph Gutowski, of Naperville, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 97
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Naperville, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 97
- JAMES WARREN DONNELLY JRStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD D HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
From Naperville
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · January 26, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 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.