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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John R Hubbard.

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JOHN R HUBBARD

Sergeant Major · U.S. Army

January 9, 1928 – March 26, 1967

Service record

John R Hubbard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17E · Line 52

Position of Panel 17E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant Major (SGM)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Motor Transport Operator (64C)
Born
January 9, 1928
Home of record
Windsor Locks, Connecticut (Hartford County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 26, 1967
Age
39
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 17E, Line 52

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.