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DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1944 – June 20, 1966
Service recordDavid George Hutchings, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 66
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 63
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 68
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 69
- GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 70
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.