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FURMAN DAVID HUGHES
Private · U.S. Army
August 19, 1950 – August 20, 1970
Service recordFurman David Hughes, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 125
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 125
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
- JOSEPH HENRY DENIGFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1970
- MARSHALL KEENE JONESSergeant · August 20, 1970
- DON MANACPrivate First Class · August 20, 1970
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.