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LUCIOUS HUTCHINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1931 – March 5, 1968
Service recordLucious Hutchins, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong 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 43E, Line 7
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JRPrivate · March 5, 1968
- JAMES RAY INBODENSergeant · March 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NELSON JOSEPH BOURDAGEMaster Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
- JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JRPrivate · Panel 43E, Line 7
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43E, Line 9
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 11
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.