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DUANE ALLEN LIKKEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordDuane Allen Likkel, of Everson, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Everson, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 67
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE LANDKAMERCorporal · November 26, 1968
- RONALD RAYMOND LOWRYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RONALD JOHN MOEFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 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.