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DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1943 – April 24, 1966
Service recordDaniel Benjamin Duffy JR, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 131
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 131
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
- FREDERICK J OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 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.