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KENNETH WARD PUGH
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1939 – April 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth Ward Pugh, of Lancaster, California, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 12, 1966, in China, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (PR)
- Born
- September 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 107
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LOVETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
- WAYNE JUDE SPELLMANCorporal · April 12, 1966
- JAMES ROMAN TOMAKOSKIPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
From Lancaster
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.