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ROBERT HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Hughes, of South Amboy, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- South Amboy, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 117
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
From South Amboy
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL NEMETHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
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.