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TONY HOWARD HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1945 – April 16, 1966
Service recordTony Howard Hughes, of Woodstown, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodstown, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 117
- GALEN DEAN GRETHENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD KURDELSKILance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- DANA J MICOLAPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
From Woodstown
- MARVIN LEROI WATSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.