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RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Huggett, of Poquoson, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Poquoson, Virginia (Poquoson (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 10
- BERNARD W EDWARDS JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JOHNSENSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- JERRY HAMPTON JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 12
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Poquoson
- GILBERT WAYNE PAGESergeant · May 17, 1969
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.