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DENNIS FOX HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordDennis Fox Hughes, of Herrin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Herrin, Illinois (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 11
- CHIP RUSSELL HARRISONPrivate · April 10, 1968
- KIMMEY DEAN HOBBSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · April 10, 1968
- RAYMOND E KELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Herrin
- HARRY DON RASHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW KUHNKECaptain · November 26, 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.