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ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1946 – February 23, 1966
Service recordArlen Jackson Duckett JR, of Lake Worth, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake Worth, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 64
- HARMON CHARLES BURDSergeant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- RONALD WARREN DUCKETTPrivate · February 23, 1966
From Lake Worth
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- DON LEE UNGERCaptain · May 3, 1972
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
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.