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JAMES ALVIN HUGHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – March 15, 1970
Service recordJames Alvin Hughes, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 131
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 131
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1970
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- WILLMER ARDEN MATSONCorporal · March 15, 1970
- PAUL ROBERT MORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 131
- PAUL ROBERT MORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 131
- ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 2
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.