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GERALD RALPH PUGH
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – July 5, 1969
Service recordGerald Ralph Pugh, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 66
- ARLAND JASPER JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- CECIL VERNON MILLERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEON VICTOR PARKERLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
From West Columbia
- WILLIAM EDWARD TEERLance Corporal · September 13, 1966
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 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.