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DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 31, 1946 – December 23, 1967
Service recordDudley Carroll Hughes JR, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 51
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 51
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- EUGENE HOWARD HARRIMANStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · December 23, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
From Kings Mountain
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- CHARLIE MELVIN ELLISONPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 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.