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KEVIN JOHN DUGAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – June 6, 1968
Service recordKevin John Dugan, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 1
- THOMAS LAWRENCE DUNITHANSergeant · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND O EBRIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JACK GENE ENIXLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- FELIX FRANK FLORESLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN PELLETIERSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 11
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.