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BILLY EUGENE HUGHES II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – November 29, 1968
Service recordBilly Eugene Hughes II, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 6
- MELVIN RICKEY GREENSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- ALFRED FRAZIER MCCANTSGunnery Sergeant · November 29, 1968
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN RICKEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 8
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 9
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.