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WILLIAM BURDICK HUGHES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1940 – May 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Burdick Hughes, of Vanceburg, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Vanceburg, Kentucky (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 9
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- CLYDE RANDALL HAMBYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
From Vanceburg
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · December 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.