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KEVIN HOWARD DUGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordKevin Howard Dugan, of Blue Point, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Blue Point, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 14
- DAVID LAWRENCE EISENBRAUNHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- RANDALL LEE FARLOWPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- BRUCE JEROME FEDLERSergeant · September 17, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY GEORGEPrivate First Class · September 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.