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RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRonald David Hutcherson, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 52
- EUGENE WINFIELD HARTMANMajor · September 6, 1968
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · September 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 50
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 1968
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.