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DANIEL WALTER DUFFY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1945 – August 31, 1965
Service recordDaniel Walter Duffy, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 69
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 69
- ROBERT MARION CARN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1965
- TERRY JAMES NEUMEIERCorporal · August 30, 1965
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.
