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DUANE A HELMICK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 18, 1926 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDuane A Helmick, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thailand, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 18, 1926
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 16
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LESLIE EARL HARRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMORY HEILMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- HAROLD THOMAS HENESYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.