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PATRICK JAMES DUGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – February 17, 1969
Service recordPatrick James Dugan, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 48
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 48
- CHRIS FREDRICK BRUNNSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLUTEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- ROGER LYNN ELKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- ROSCOE CONKLIN GRAY JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD HERBERT HLADIKSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 49
From Tarentum
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
- JAMES GRANT CALLENCorporal · January 15, 1967
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.