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DUANE ALFRED DEVEGA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1946 – February 11, 1969
Service recordDuane Alfred Devega, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 10
- CLARENCE CLIFTON ADAMSSergeant · February 11, 1969
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · February 11, 1969
- MACARIO S BANDASpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM BENNETTCorporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MONROE HOLTZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 13
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.