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MICHAEL JEAN DUGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1951 – August 22, 1969
Service recordMichael Jean Dugas, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 92
- ANTHONY BURDETTE BLAIRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CUSHMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE R DETWILER JRSergeant · August 22, 1969
- EDMUND FURMANPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.