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STEVEN DALE RUGAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordSteven Dale Rugar, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 3
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
- VALENTINE JOHN SYNKOWSKILance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- DUNCAN TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARDELL BORDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 19
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 21
- JAMES ROY FISHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LLOYD LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 24
- FRANK GEA NAVARROCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 27
- JOHN R OGLESBYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 27
- GARY JOHN SHEASpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61E, Line 3
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 3
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.