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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl Patrick Hughes.

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CARL PATRICK HUGHES

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

October 12, 1946 – September 3, 1969

Service record

Carl Patrick Hughes, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18W · Line 28

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
October 12, 1946
Home of record
Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 3, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18W, Line 28

Same unit, same day

From Savannah

All 74 names from Savannah →

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.