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KENNETH ROCKWELL HUGHES
Captain · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – March 28, 1969
Service recordKenneth Rockwell Hughes, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 70
- TERRY DURAND GRAHAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROGER LEE HAWLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
From Chelmsford
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTYPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
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.