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DALE EUGENE HUTCHINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1951 – May 25, 1970
Service recordDale Eugene Hutchins, of Minden, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 97
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Minden, Nevada (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 97
- RAMON FLORES JRCorporal · May 25, 1970
- DANNY LEON GOSSCorporal · May 25, 1970
- KENNETH LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · May 25, 1970
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.