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BENJAMIN BUGARIN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 31, 1942 – April 27, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Bugarin, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 60
- LARRY DEE BROCKFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1969
- WALTER CORBIN CARTERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD JOE CORDOVAPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD IRA CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 61
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 62
- GERALD HUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- CHARLES WENDELL JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DEAN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- JIMMY DONALD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WILLIAM HENRY KINDLESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WENDELL WAYNE LESLIESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 64
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 66
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
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.