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GEORGE ROBERT HUTCHINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – March 4, 1968
Service recordGeorge Robert Hutchinson, of New Providence, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- New Providence, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 66
- RICHARD GREY HUDSONCorporal · March 4, 1968
- WILLIE HAYWARD HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- ISRAEL LONZO INGRAMSergeant · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS B ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE CLAVERIESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 62
- RICHARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 67
- JAMES RICHARD TOMLINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
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.