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EDWARD COWART HUGHES III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1948 – November 27, 1967
Service recordEdward Cowart Hughes III, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 97
- ROBERT LYNDON GRAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES ISRAEL KINGLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- DAVID ALEN LAPEWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 95
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 95
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- HECTOR LOUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 99
- WILLIAM SCOTT SLOCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 99
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.