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CHARLES WAYNE HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – July 14, 1969
Service recordCharles Wayne Hughes, of Edenton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 118
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Edenton, North Carolina (Chowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 118
- TERRY LEE HAWKINSSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DONALD HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN INGMANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
From Edenton
- LOUIS ELTON ARMSTEADSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1970
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.