Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 6-Jun-1948
Hometown: Sherrard, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 5-Feb-1969
Start of tour: 30-Jun-1969
Incident date: 21-Jul-1969
Date of casualty: 21-Jul-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Richard Allen Cutler was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when the vehicle struck a mine. / Gunner on armored cavalry assault vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance in force mission. Vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 630 340
Place of interment: Cable Cemetery, Cable, Illinois, USA
View this soldier‘s Find a Grave page (opens in a new window)