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DUANE NEVADA SCOWDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – August 8, 1969
Service recordDuane Nevada Scowden, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 116
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 116
- FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLINSpecialist Five · August 8, 1969
- ARVEL RAY SMARTLance Corporal · August 8, 1969
- JESSIE JAMES TYLERStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1969
- HUMBERTO LLAMAZALESSergeant · August 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUIS ALBERTO MASSACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
- LONZO O MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.