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THOMAS MICHAEL HUX
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 5, 1950 – September 8, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Hux, of Columbia, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, Mississippi (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 59
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDERFirst Sergeant · September 8, 1969
- CARL LOUIS MEIERPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1969
- EUGENE FENTON SMALLWOODLieutenant Colonel · September 8, 1969
From Columbia
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- HENRY RAY EXPOSEPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
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.