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MARION RAY HUTCHINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1945 – April 5, 1967
Service recordMarion Ray Hutchins, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 104
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- BERT GUERRA IIIPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- KENNETH ROBERT JAMERSONLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
From Jacksonville
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD HOLTCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 1969
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.