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WALTER EUGENE HUTCHINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – September 4, 1969
Service recordWalter Eugene Hutchinson, of Durand, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Durand, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 33
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- FELIX DELANO KNUTSONSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 32
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 34
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 34
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 35
From Durand
- ALEXANDER C ZSIGO JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.