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CHARLES FREDRICK HUGHES
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1936 – July 4, 1969
Service recordCharles Fredrick Hughes, of Hayward, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 60
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Hayward, Wisconsin (Sawyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 60
- ROBERT PAUL GARDINERWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- ALFRED WILLIE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
From Hayward
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUTLERSpecialist Four · April 4, 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.