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JOHN CHARLES HUGHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – November 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Hughes, of Redlands, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 128 AHC 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 73
- GARY DOYLE ROERINKPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- LLOYD CHISOLM RUNNELS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1967
- GERRY GLEN SIMPSONCorporal · November 23, 1967
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 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.