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THOMAS GILBERT HUGHES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Gilbert Hughes, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- TOMMY BRYAN HOSEYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK HOURIGANSecond Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DEAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 21
- BRUCE E JOHNSTON IIICorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MICHAEL GEORGE SAKELLARISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 6
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- LOREN DOUGLAS WHITECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.