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BENJAMIN WAYNE DUNCAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordBenjamin Wayne Duncan, of Baconton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Baconton, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 66
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
- WILLIAM STUART GLENNPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS GUCOFSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- WALTER RAY HALLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY SIDNEY WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 69
From Baconton
- HENRY LINCOLN WATTS SRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 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.