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EMC Robert Luther Hughes
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EMC Robert Luther Hughes Veteran

Birth
Death
29 Feb 1944 (aged 28)
At Sea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Courts of the Missing
Memorial ID
56111468 View Source

EMC Robert Luther Hughes was among eighty-one sailors killed aboard submarine USS Trout (SS-202). Trout was on her 11th war patrol and was known to have sunk Sakito Maru on 29 February 1944. Trout was sunk, probably by depth charge, following that attack.
Chief Hughes has been been awarded an Army Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart medal.

Contributor: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association (51340955)

EMC Robert Luther Hughes was among eighty-one sailors killed aboard submarine USS Trout (SS-202). Trout was on her 11th war patrol and was known to have sunk Sakito Maru on 29 February 1944. Trout was sunk, probably by depth charge, following that attack.
Chief Hughes has been been awarded an Army Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart medal.

Contributor: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association (51340955)

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Entered the service from Tennessee.


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