John Francis Dugan

Vietnam War
Unit101st Airborne Division
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Entered Service FromRoselle New Jersey
Date of DeathMarch 20 1971
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B

Notes
Captain Dugan was a member of 101st Airborne Division. On March 20, 1971, he was flying in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) trying to extract ARVN troops from Laos, 20 west of Khe Sanh, when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on December 5, 2002 and identified on August 30, 2005. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.