Rank/Rate: Chief Electrician’s Mate

Service Number: 295 31 20

Birth Date: June 18, 1915

From: Winchester, Tennessee

Decorations: Army Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Trout (SS-202)

Loss Date: February 29, 1944

Location: 22° 40’N x 131°45′ E in Philippines Basin

Circumstances: Probably sunk by depth charge attack

Remarks:  Photo courtesy of Alan Syler. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Trout (SS-202)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Trout (SS-202)

Find a Grave Memorial: EMC Robert Luther Hughes (Honolulu Memorial)