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KENNETH P HUTCHINSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1949 – June 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth P Hutchinson JR, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 18
- KURT ERIC HACKERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- EDGAR DALE JOYSergeant · June 5, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD KELLERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 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.