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CHARLES EDWARD DUNCAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – June 28, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Duncan, of Mitchell, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Mitchell, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 10
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · June 28, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 10
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 11
- LORENZO RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 13
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 13
From Mitchell
- DELNO BILLY COLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · May 30, 1966
- HARRY CLINTON DORSETTCorporal · December 12, 1968
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.