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DAVID JAMES PUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1949 – March 15, 1969
Service recordDavid James Pugh, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 48
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD ROBERTS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · March 15, 1969
From Charlestown
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
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.