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MELVIN THOMAS HUFFINE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 8, 1938 – September 5, 1966
Service recordMelvin Thomas Huffine, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 70
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM B HILL JRSergeant First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.