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STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordStephen Michael Vuga, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 65
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · December 26, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · Panel 32E, Line 61
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 63
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 65
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 66
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.