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Marine PFC Randolph Scott Hutchinson.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Lakewood
Last Address Lakewood, Ohio
Casualty Date Dec 30, 1966
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint Elizabeth Cemetery - Wakpala, South Dakota
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Macon
From Month/Year
July / 1966
To Month/Year
October / 1966
Description Jul 4 – Oct 27; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy and security operation for the An Hoa industrial complex in the Quảng Nam Province.
Operation MACON began when two VC companies ambushed one Marine company on a routine search and clear mission NE of An Hoa. An Hoa was to be the site of an industrial complex and was politically important to the GVN and hence the military. By the end of the day, III MAF developed the operation that normally consisted of a single battalion-size force but for a few days had five battalions.
There were three phases to the operation which finally concluded on 27 October. The operation claimed 507 enemy KIA versus 24 US KIAs and 172 WIAs.
