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CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1941 – October 26, 1968
Service recordCharles Randel Hutchison, of Camden, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Camden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 37
- FRED WILLIAM CARPENTERCaptain · October 26, 1968
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · October 26, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From Camden
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.