05/25/2026
This is Opal Hughes. He was the son of John and Cola Hughes and was Nathan’s brother. He was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church.
During his service in WW2 , he was a Marine Corps Master Technical Sergrant and was reported missing and ultimatiely declared dead on Dec 27, 1943. His plane crashed enroute to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides from Tontouta, New Caledonia. The plane wreckage was spotted a few miles south of Ouvea Island in the Loyalty Group, northwest of New Caledonia. Twenty three people lost their lives in the crash.