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GARY ROBERT MCHUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1950 – October 29, 1970
Service recordGary Robert McHugh, of Park Forest, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Park Forest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 27
- ALFRED RUSSELL MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL MAYESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT MICKOLance Corporal · October 29, 1970
- DERRELL LOIAL PONDERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY QUINNCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 28
From Park Forest
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 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.