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HUGH HENRY SARAH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – September 23, 1969
Service recordHugh Henry Sarah, of Plymouth, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 1
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH SCRUGGSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- RICHARD ROY SEABRIDGESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · Panel 18W, Line 128
- MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
From Plymouth
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN LARRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- HARRY E BAKER JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
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.