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KENNETH RICHARD HUGHES
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 20, 1935 – August 11, 1967
Service recordKenneth Richard Hughes, of Williamsburg, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 100
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 100
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RANDALL LEE MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · August 11, 1967
- ALBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
- RICHARD LUCIAN MORSECorporal · August 11, 1967
From Williamsburg
- ARKIE JUNIOR WRIGHTSergeant · February 19, 1968
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.