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JOHN J MCHUGH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJohn J McHugh, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Lansdowne, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 27
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLINTOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCUEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- EDWARD ALTON MCKIMSergeant · January 31, 1968
- EDWARD GRADY MUSEAirman First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH ERNELL BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 87
- ROLAND MICHAEL BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 87
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- JOHN LEONARD CHURCHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · Panel 36E, Line 3
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 5
- FRANK DOEZEMA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 12
- HENRY GRANT HOWCOTTMajor · Panel 36E, Line 16
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · Panel 36E, Line 23
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 30
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 31
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 33
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 35
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · Panel 36E, Line 36
- JOHN DOUGLAS WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 41
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 43
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 44
From Lansdowne
- HOWARD PHILIP PURCELLCaptain · September 2, 1963
- THOMAS GERARD DINEEN JRSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1967
- STEVEN MARK CRONRATHPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.