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WARREN LESTER RUTLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1943 – October 4, 1968
Service recordWarren Lester Rutland, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Heavy Equipment Repairman (63K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 8
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- CHARLES NELSON SCHALL JRCorporal · October 4, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN TOWNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- CHARLES LESLIE TOYIASPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MACK LAWINGSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 6
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.