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RONALD WAYNE HUTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – February 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Hutson, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 20
- ROGER WAYNE EDWARDSLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 21
- JERRY PHILIP SETZERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
From Sapulpa
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 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.