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ROBERT WAYNE HUGHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1946 – June 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Hughes, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 12
- TYRONE EDWARD CARNEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · June 17, 1968
- DAVID MCLEAN HOLLINGWORTHSergeant · June 17, 1968
- JACK WAYNE OAKESPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 14
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
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.