Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cutchins, Sgt. Roland A., 1967 

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ROLAND ASHLEY CUTCHINS 

KILLED IN VIET NAM 

   AN KHE, VIET NAM - Sgt. Roland A. Cutchins, 25, of Franklin was killed by 
small arms fire Sunday while on a combat operation in Viet Nam according to 
the telegram his wife received from Maj. Gen. Kenneth G. Wickham.

   Cutchins, who was still recovering from a grenade would in his right 
shoulder suffered in a skirmish March 13, was felled on his first day of 
combat following release from the base hospital.

   The Franklin soldier is survived by his widow the former Patricia Lowe, a 
daughter Patricia Renee, a son Roland Ashley Jr. and parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Fadie Cutchins of Franklin.

   Others surviving are brothers Richard, Rochelle and Raymond of Franklin and 
Leroy, U.S. Army, German and 4 sisters, Mrs. Sarah Hornok of Courtland, Mrs. 
Violet Parrish of Holland and Mrs. Daisy Vann and Mrs. Mary Lee Whitehead of 
Franklin.

   Funeral arrangements are pending.


Sgt. Roland Ashley CUTCHINS [CUTCHIN*], of Franklin, U.S. Army, 
KIA 26 Mar 1967, Viet Nam, age 25, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion I, Plot 178*), 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 30, 1967, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His parents and paternal grandparents - who spelled their surname CUTCHIN - 
   are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Section 2, Plot 105A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 25, 1969, p. 6) 
   also gave CUTCHINS; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325l3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325r1ob.txt