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JAMES DOWEL DUGGER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1946 – October 16, 1972
Service recordJames Dowel Dugger JR, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 82
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
- JAMES LEWIS CRAIG JRSpecialist Five · October 16, 1972
- ALLEN UPTON GRAHAMCaptain · October 17, 1972
- JAMES ALAN HOCKRIDGECaptain · October 17, 1972
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 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.