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WILLIAM BUGOSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 21, 1944 – January 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam Bugosh, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 37
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- TOMMY RAY WARRENMajor · January 15, 1970
- DAVID KEITH AESCHLIMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1970
- RICHARD LYLE BLOWERSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.