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KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordKerry Michael Bugajsky, of Christopher, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Christopher, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 74
- JOSEPH WAYNE BENEDICTLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
- DONALD BOWENPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL BURGOONLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 78
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
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.