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RICHARD CARL PUGH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – December 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Carl Pugh, of Sherman Oaks, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 87
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Sherman Oaks, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 87
- CLYDE ALVIN REITERSergeant · December 28, 1968
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH GORDON TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 83
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · Panel 36W, Line 85
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From Sherman Oaks
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · October 31, 1967
- RONALD CORBIN ROUNTREELance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID PURDIECorporal · August 23, 1968
- PHILLIP HADDON MARKSLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- SCOTT NEAL STANTONSergeant · September 8, 1969
- ALBRO LYNN LUNDY JRMajor · December 24, 1970
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.