Fred Curtis Hughes was living in Denison, Texas when he entered the service and was a crew member of the cruiser USS Saint Paul (CA-73).
On April 21, 1952, while firing on enemy installations at the Kojo area off the east coast of North Korea, there
was an explosion in a gun turret killing him.
Seaman Hughes was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the
United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean President Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
From the Korean War records on file at the National Archived