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JOHN RAYMOND HUGHES III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – May 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Raymond Hughes III, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 85
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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
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 85
- ALAN HARRY GROSSCorporal · May 23, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM HESSINGCorporal · May 23, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER MARK HOBSONSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- MICHAEL STEVEN JETTSergeant · May 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 84
- ELLIS DAVID GREENECaptain · Panel 10W, Line 84
- CHRISTOPHER MARK HOBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 85
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.