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WILLIAM CUTSHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – January 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Cutshaw, of Greeneville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Greeneville, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 76
- DONALD WEBBSergeant · January 16, 1966
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- LARRY FLEMING JRCorporal · January 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 77
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4E, Line 78
From Greeneville
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 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.