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ROBERT S HUTCHINSON II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1946 – February 16, 1968
Service recordRobert S Hutchinson II, of Hacienda Heights, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 61
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Hacienda Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh 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 39E, Line 61
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · February 16, 1968
- HERBERT DON HAMMONSLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- DONALD ALVIN HIERLMEIERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- GARY DALE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNY LAWRENCE COLTERPrivate · Panel 39E, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- JEROME RICHARD KELLYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 62
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 63
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
- JOSEPH VICTOR SPELLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 67
From Hacienda Heights
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 1970
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.