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WALTER WESLEY HUTTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1951 – September 17, 1970
Service recordWalter Wesley Hutton, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 70
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 70
- MARK THOMAS HEAVRINSergeant · September 17, 1970
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · September 17, 1970
- JAMES LARRY STRONGPrivate First Class · September 17, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD TAMBURRI JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 70
- JOHN RICHARD TAMBURRI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 70
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.