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EUGENE HUGGINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1930 – June 23, 1970
Service recordEugene Huggins, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 84
- REGNOLD JOSEPH LACOSTLance Corporal · June 23, 1970
- JAMES WARREN LENZPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD LEE LINVILLEPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
- PATRICK DARREN LOVELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 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.