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JAMES EDWARD HUGHES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1933 – March 13, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Hughes, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 3
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JOHN HENRY HERLIHY JRPlatoon Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- ALBERTO PEREZ-VERGARASpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 4
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.