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EDWARD MICHAEL DUGAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 29, 1950 – June 3, 1970
Service recordEdward Michael Dugan, of St Paul, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1950
- Home of record
- St Paul, Nebraska (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 4
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- JOHN S HUGHES JRCaptain · June 3, 1970
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 6
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.