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MICHAEL NORMAN HUGHES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1950 – November 25, 1970
Service recordMichael Norman Hughes, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 83
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · November 25, 1970
- FREDDIE LEWIS LOCKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · November 25, 1970
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- LYLE DENNIS HAYESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
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.