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ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – July 17, 1968
Service recordArthur Roger Dukes JR, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 42
- LARRY LAWRENCE CULLNANLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- CHARLIE JUNIOR DOMINICKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM FELL JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- AUGUSTO JOSE GARCIACorporal · July 17, 1968
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
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.