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THOMAS STEVEN HUGHES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1945 – May 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Steven Hughes, of Baker, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Baker, Oregon (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 6
- BERNARD MALCOLM HIMESLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- REID ALLEN ISLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- STERLING HENRY JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH DICAPRIOCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 3
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 3
- JERRY WENDELL HAMMOCKCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 5
- CHARLES EDWARD REINERPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 10
From Baker
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGINNPetty Officer Third Class · May 30, 1969
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.