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BRIAN GREGORY HUGHES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – May 3, 1968
Service recordBrian Gregory Hughes, of Whittier, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 25
- DANIEL FRANK FENNEWALDSpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- RONALD RICHARD GAMBLECorporal · May 3, 1968
- WILLIAM IVAN INMANCorporal · May 3, 1968
- EDMOND A JABLONSKY JRCaptain · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN JACKSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- CHARLES WILLIAM KINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 29
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.