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DUANE JACOB CABALA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – July 16, 1969
Service recordDuane Jacob Cabala, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 5
- ROGER CLAYTON BRATHWAITESpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- STEPHEN RANDALL COSTELLOCorporal · July 16, 1969
- CARL EDWIN CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RANDALL COSTELLOCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 5
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
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.