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HUGH AMES SEXTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1951 – June 9, 1971
Service recordHugh Ames Sexton JR, of Denton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Denton, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 71
- MICHAEL MORAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1971
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 9, 1971
- JOHNNY ARTHURSpecialist Five · June 10, 1971
- CARL WARDEN BREWSTERSergeant · June 10, 1971
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.