Marvin Austin Hughes was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Houston, Texas, to Arthur Hughes, a carpenter, and Fannie Hall Hughes, a homemaker.
The son enlisted in the Marines on March 18, 1941, and was killed eight months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona.
Mr. Hughes was a member of the Arizona's whale boat team, which was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championships in the fall of 1941.
An older brother, Charles, served in the Army during World War II.
Sources: the Houston Post; Marine muster rolls; Texas birth certificate; grave marker. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
The son enlisted in the Marines on March 18, 1941, and was killed eight months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona.
Mr. Hughes was a member of the Arizona's whale boat team, which was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championships in the fall of 1941.
An older brother, Charles, served in the Army during World War II.
Sources: the Houston Post; Marine muster rolls; Texas birth certificate; grave marker. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Marvin Austin Hughes was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Houston, Texas, to Arthur Hughes, a carpenter, and Fannie Hall Hughes, a homemaker.
The son enlisted in the Marines on March 18, 1941, and was killed eight months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona.
Mr. Hughes was a member of the Arizona's whale boat team, which was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championships in the fall of 1941.
An older brother, Charles, served in the Army during World War II.
Sources: the Houston Post; Marine muster rolls; Texas birth certificate; grave marker. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
The son enlisted in the Marines on March 18, 1941, and was killed eight months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona.
Mr. Hughes was a member of the Arizona's whale boat team, which was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championships in the fall of 1941.
An older brother, Charles, served in the Army during World War II.
Sources: the Houston Post; Marine muster rolls; Texas birth certificate; grave marker. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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