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WARNER PRATER HUGHIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – March 12, 1970
Service recordWarner Prater Hughie, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 118
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 118
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- EDWARD WAYNE HOLMESStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- FRANK JACARUSOSeaman · March 12, 1970
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · March 12, 1970
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHNNY C CALHOUNSergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.