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BEN GOODMAN DUGAN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1945 – July 4, 1969
Service recordBen Goodman Dugan, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 4, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 58
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Lordsburg, New Mexico (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 58
- RODNEY DAVID WILSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND DRISCOLL IIISergeant · July 4, 1969
From Lordsburg
- MAGDALENO TARANGOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.