Purple Heart, “Walter H. Hucks”, 101st Abn Div, Vietnam, KIA

Purple Heart, enamel center, slot brooch, numbered “406392” and machine-engraved “Walter H./Hucks”. Some wear to the enamel center.

MSgt Walter H. Hucks, 326th Medical Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, was killed in Vietnam on 24 February 1968 by artillery fragments.  Hucks, an African-American, was from Rochester, New York.