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CHARLES GEORGE HUGHES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1931 – November 11, 1970
Service recordCharles George Hughes, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Freeland, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 51
- CHARLES MICHAEL GEORGEPrivate · November 11, 1970
- MCKINLEY H HARVELL JRCorporal · November 11, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD HOLLISSeaman · November 11, 1970
- DANIEL JOHN JEDNEAKSpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS RICHARDSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 50
From Freeland
- RICHARD EVANCHOLance Corporal · March 26, 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.