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CARL WAYNE HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordCarl Wayne Hughes, of Adel, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Adel, Georgia (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 45
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD IICorporal · March 15, 1969
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
From Adel
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- DONALD JUNE CORBETTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ERNEST LEE STANFORDPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- OSCAR LEE GRIFFINLance Corporal · November 18, 1969
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.