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DUANE JOSEPH MARHEFKA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – January 25, 1970
Service recordDuane Joseph Marhefka, of Kensington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Kensington, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 66
- HAROLD VAN MANN JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT GENE ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 64
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 65
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.