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JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – August 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Kendrick Hutton JR, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 100
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 100
- KENNETH RICHARD HUGHESMajor · August 11, 1967
- RANDALL LEE MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · August 11, 1967
- ALBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
- RICHARD LUCIAN MORSECorporal · August 11, 1967
From Suffolk
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.