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MICHAEL LAVERNE PUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – November 1, 1966
Service recordMichael Laverne Pugh, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 7
- DANIEL TIOFILIO MARTINEZSergeant · November 1, 1966
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · November 1, 1966
- ALLAN ARLYN MILKSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 5
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 5
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 5
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 6
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 8
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.