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STEPHEN BRIAN PUGH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1946 – September 29, 1968
Service recordStephen Brian Pugh, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Camera Systems Technician, Trainee (6371)
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CARMAN PERDUELance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL ROLLINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
- BLAINE JOSEPH SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
- EDWARD PHILLIP TURNER JRPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
From Waynesboro
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE BRENNANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · September 25, 1968
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 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.