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MICHAEL DONALD HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1944 – July 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Donald Hughes, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 118
- TERRY LEE HAWKINSSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN INGMANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN V MORASCINIStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 119
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 122
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TROYAN JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.