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FREDERICK EDWARD HUGHENS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1949 – June 26, 1970
Service recordFrederick Edward Hughens, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 95
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 95
- MICHAEL T GUZZETTI JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
- EDGAR HARRISSergeant · June 26, 1970
- FOREST G HIGHLAND JRCorporal · June 26, 1970
- MELVIN LEWIS PULLENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.