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RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – September 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Ramsel Hughes, of Denton, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Denton, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 39
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- CHESTER LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- LOUIS SCOTT DIBARISpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 37
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 39
- JOHN KUULEI KAUHAIHAOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 40
- LEE EDWARD MONTAGSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 41
- RAY WARREN PURIFOYStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 43
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 44
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 44
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Denton
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
- JOHN CLARENCE KOZUCHCaptain · October 3, 1972
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.