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HUGH VICTOR BEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1945 – March 14, 1967
Service recordHugh Victor Best, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 76
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 76
- MARSHALL EDWARD CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- HARRY FLOYD CONRADSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN CRANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.