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BOYCE LOWRANCE DUNCAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1946 – January 23, 1968
Service recordBoyce Lowrance Duncan JR, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 15
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- GARY BERYL DUNCANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS FANNINGLance Corporal · January 23, 1968
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.