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MITCHELL HUGHES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1948 – December 27, 1967
Service recordMitchell Hughes JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 74
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 74
- THOMAS SIMCOCK HUBBELLCaptain · December 27, 1967
- ROGER BURNS INNESLieutenant Commander · December 27, 1967
- THORNTON ISHAM JACKSONCorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS JAKOLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.