Marine Corps - Boiling Springs, SC - March 23, 2003

U.S. Marine Corps PVT Nolen Ryan Hutchings, 20, of Boiling Springs, SC, died on March 23, 2003, near the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, after originally being listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.

Hutchings was killed by friendly fire in action while traveling with his armored vehicle unit in an attempt to secure a bridge and help wounded soldiers, making him South Carolina’s second reported causality in the war against Iraq. Hutchings was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Camp Lejeune, NC.

He graduated from Boiling Springs High School in 2000.