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 Finding Aid: Teodoro E. Gutierrez Collection Item Number: 0980000000

Individual Collection
Location: D058.2A


Scope & Content:

  • Just over one linear foot of photographs, certificates, commendations, command chronologies, and medals document Teodoro E. Gutierrez's service as an Automatic Rifleman with the 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, December 17, 1974 - May 23, 1975. Most materials date from the 1970s.

Biographical Note:

  • Private First Class Teodoro E. Gutierrez served as an Automatic Rifleman with the 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4 from December 17, 1974 to May 23, 1975. He was involved in Operation QUICK JAB II, Operation EAGLE PULL, and Operation FREQUENT WIND. An oral history with Mr. Gutierrez is available in the Vietnam Archive.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
Scrapbook Box D078.3B1
two Scrapbooks
D058.2A11
Armed Forces of the United States Identification Card
Meal Card, July 30, 1979
Meal Card, July 22, 1975
Geneva Conventions Identification Card
American National Red Cross Swimming Card
Honorary Recruiter for the USMC Card
Hotel Sexton Business Card
1000 Dong Note
50 Dong Note
500 Dong Note
1 Signapore Dollar Note
Easter Card
Roland L. Holten poem, "Beachhead Revisited"
Prayer Card from Saint Martin De Porres
2
Certificates and commendations
3
Command Chronology, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, May 3, 1975
Command Chronology, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, May 17, 1975
4
Newspaper Clipings and iscelaneous material
5
contents of two scrapbooks (a)
6
contents of two scrapbooks (b)
7
contents of two scrapbooks (c)
8
contents of two scrapbooks (d)
9
The backing board for the Frame for Photograph of the 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4
this is written on it: 'To My Mother and Father And Famliey With all the Love In the World, Your Big Son and his brother, PFC Teodore E. Gutierrez JR., 2st PLT. I AM A MARINE AND A MAN'
10
Memorial book from Gutierrez's bootcamp titled 'Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego California, Second Battalion Platoon 2024'

Separated Materials:

Photographs:VA009797 - VA010076.
 VA063884 in oversize box 4.
Museum Objects:098museum4224- National Dense medal and ribbon set.
 098museum4225-Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and ribbon set.

Digitized Materials

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Oral History Interview

An Oral History Interview has been conducted with this individual. Use the link below to view a record for this interview.

Although the interview has been conducted, the audio and/or the transcript may not yet be available.

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