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DAVID JAMES HUGHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – May 27, 1967
Service recordDavid James Hughes, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 1
- HENRY ALSTON JOHNSONCorporal · May 27, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH KEENANSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- GARRY DEAN KLEINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID NIEDERMEIERPrivate · May 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOSEPH KEENANSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 1
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.