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CHARLES PHILLIP HUTTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1950 – August 31, 1970
Service recordCharles Phillip Hutton, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 27
- CHARLES HOWARD GRAY JRSergeant First Class · August 31, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · August 31, 1970
- HARRY CHARLES INMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1970
- FREDERICK RUSSELL KILLMONCorporal · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 26
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 27
- GARY RAYMOND METZCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 28
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.