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DAVID JAMES PUGLIESI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordDavid James Pugliesi, of Quincy, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 BN 7 INF 199 LIB
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Quincy, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 24
- JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- SAMUEL NICHOLAS HARTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS HEISERLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
- STEVEN MURDOCK HICKMANSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- BARRY DEVERE HORTONSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.