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MICHAEL GALE HUTSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1947 – August 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Gale Hutson, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; six 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 46W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH INGRASSIALieutenant Colonel · August 28, 1968
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN JACKSONSergeant · August 28, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT LAMBStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 27, 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.