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ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1941 – May 12, 1969
Service recordErnest Joseph Hughes, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JAMES IDLETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD ISAAC JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD JERSECorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 60
- DAVID ALLEN LEFLERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 74
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
- WENDELL ALLEN WESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.