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DUANE MICHAEL DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1949 – February 24, 1969
Service recordDuane Michael Davis, of Huntsville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 34
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- VASILIOS DEMETRISSecond Lieutenant · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL BERNARD DUFFYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JESSE ROGER ELLISONSergeant · February 24, 1969
From Huntsville
- STEPHEN MICHAEL MUELLERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- BILLY RAY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.