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LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1951 – June 13, 1970
Service recordLewis Eugene Hughes II, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- June 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 50
- PHILLIP WILLIAM GREEN JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD HEITNERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · June 13, 1970
From Bellefontaine
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ROGER LOUIS PARKERCorporal · January 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD KELLERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT GEUYPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
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.