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JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1931 – June 22, 1965
Service recordJohn Edgar Mougier JR, of Rayne, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Rayne, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 16
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- FRANK LESLIE ADAMSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
From Rayne
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUEPrivate First Class · December 17, 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.