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DUANE AULDON DOWNING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordDuane Auldon Downing, of St Johns, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 96
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- St Johns, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 96
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH DUPERETechnical Sergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 92
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 18
From St Johns
- ROCKY RAND SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RONALD JAMES FITCHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
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.