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CURTIS LEE DUCKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1942 – June 23, 1967
Service recordCurtis Lee Duckett, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 53
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 53
- EDWARD LOUIS CENTENOCorporal · June 23, 1967
- RONALD JAY CRANDALLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 53
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 54
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 54
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 55
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.