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HAROLD SYLVESTER HUGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – June 27, 1969
Service recordHarold Sylvester Huggs, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 23
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 23
- JERRY ANTONE HURIANEKPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES JABLONSKIPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- ZDZISLAW BRUNO KADLEWICZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1969
- ALFRED HENRY KUNKEL JRPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.