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DENNIS GERARD PUGH
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1944 – March 19, 1970
Service recordDennis Gerard Pugh, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 19, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 19, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 22
- GALEN GEORGE LUDWIGCorporal · March 19, 1970
- PHILLIP WAYNE MEADORPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL RICHARDSONCorporal · March 19, 1970
- PRESTON DOUGLAS SHARPCorporal · March 19, 1970
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
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.