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JOSEPH EDWARD BUGAR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Edward Bugar JR, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 77
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 77
- DAVID LOUIS CAUSEYPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE DEMORESergeant · August 20, 1969
- STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DELMORE TRIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 83
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 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.