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JOHN S HUGHES JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – June 3, 1970
Service recordJohn S Hughes JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 4
- EDWARD MICHAEL DUGANSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 4
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 4
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.