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SAM ZEB HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – March 19, 1968
Service recordSam Zeb Hughes, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 34
- CLARENCE JEFFERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- JEFFREY ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- BILLY DON KENNINGTONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- NIKOLAI KIATKINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RANDLE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 36
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.