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ROBERT DOUGLAS HUGHES
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 24, 1942 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Douglas Hughes, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 3
- THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINSSergeant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HIMLERCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.