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EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1937 – May 9, 1968
Service recordEdward John Hughes JR, of White Plains, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 24, 1937
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 24
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 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.