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FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – July 11, 1967
Service recordFrancis Allen Hughes, of Paris, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Paris, Kentucky (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 51
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 51
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Paris
- WALTER KENNETH MORRISStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- WILLIAM DANIEL COLLINSSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LUTHER CLARK BERRYMANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- WILLIE ROBERT TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
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.