Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Hugh Ernest Schavelin
Headstone of Hugh Ernest Schavelin
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Hugh Ernest Schavelin

Lance Corporal
1948 – 1968
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 50E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

Lance Corporal Hugh Ernest Schavelin served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Hugh served in the Vietnam War. Hugh was 20 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
Hugh Ernest Schavelin
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
D CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
LCPL
RIFLEMAN
QUANG TRI
1968
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 50E · Line 21 cut as HUGH E SCHAVELIN
In Our Keeping
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Hugh Ernest Schavelin
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
1st Battalion 9th Marines
Lance Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
1st Battalion 9th Marines - Insignia

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