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ALVIN DALE HUTCHINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1946 – August 3, 1966
Service recordAlvin Dale Hutchings, of Sparta, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Sparta, Tennessee (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 104
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- FRANK WILLIAM SELDENPetty Officer Third Class · August 3, 1966
- RAYMOND ANDREW SHEPARDCorporal · August 3, 1966
From Sparta
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- SEAN PAUL DODSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM CORDELL ALLEN JRPrivate · June 24, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.