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DUANE A WAKLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1941 – May 22, 1966
Service recordDuane A Waklee, of Franklinville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 104
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Franklinville, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 104
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- JOSEPH WILSONSergeant · May 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 104
From Franklinville
- ALBERT EDUARDO RODRIGUEZCaptain · March 11, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 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.