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JOHN WILLIAM HUTCHISON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1945 – August 19, 1968
Service recordJohn William Hutchison, of Presho, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 56
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
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Presho, South Dakota (Lyman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 56
- ERROL W ESQUILIN-ORTIZPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- HORACE JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- ALDON CECIL JONESStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
From Presho
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · July 22, 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.