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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Douglas Ovyle Duke.

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DOUGLAS OVYLE DUKE

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 28, 1944 – December 20, 1968

Service record

Douglas Ovyle Duke, of Rush Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 36W · Line 49

Position of Panel 36W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Animal Care Specialist (91T)
Born
December 28, 1944
Home of record
Rush Springs, Oklahoma (Grady County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 20, 1968
Age
23
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 36W, Line 49

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.