Korean War
Service # | 7055851 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy |
Date of Death | August 22 1956 |
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson was awarded the Purple Heart and the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson was a crew member of a PB4Y-1P Consolidated Liberator surveillance aircraft with the U.S. Navy. On August 22, 1956, while patrolling the airspace during the Korean truce, his aircraft was shot down. His remains have not been recovered.