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FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordFlorian Anthony Bugni JR, of Farmington, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Farmington, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 6
- GRANVILLE JOEL ALLEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- LAURIER GERARD BOSSELance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM BOYDSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Farmington
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 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.