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DUANE EVERETT WALDRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1951 – August 14, 1970
Service recordDuane Everett Waldron, of Inglewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 112
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
- TERRY D REAMSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS THOMPSONSergeant · August 14, 1970
- DANIEL CARL UPTONSpecialist Five · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 110
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 111
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 111
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 111
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.