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ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – February 5, 1970
Service recordAllen Melvin Hutchinson, of Auburn, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Auburn, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 106
- WALTER HERBERT BUCKA JRStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1970
- RONALD JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM RONALD CULVERPrivate · February 6, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
From Auburn
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.