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WILLIAM DAVID SCHLUTTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – March 17, 1971
Service recordWilliam David Schlutter, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 56
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GEORGE NEWBOULDPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 55
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 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.