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DUANE GERALD LANDIS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 19, 1948 – August 27, 1969
Service recordDuane Gerald Landis, of Decatur, Indiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 125
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 3 MAR
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 125
- RODGER LEE JAMESONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- DALE JAMES LENIOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- PETER HINCHMAN MCMURRAYFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
From Decatur
- FLOYD EUGENE DOADESPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- STEPHEN EUGENE BREINERPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.