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WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1943 – May 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Hughes, of Salem, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Salem, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa 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 54E, Line 9
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- NATHANIEL HARVEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD JONESCorporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 44
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 8
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 14
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- DENNIS STEVEN TOTCOFFCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 19
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Salem
- ROBERT BERG LABBEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LARRY HOMER CRUMBAKERLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.