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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Duncan B McIntyre.

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DUNCAN B MCINTYRE

Captain · U.S. Army

November 28, 1942 – December 2, 1968

Service record

Duncan B McIntyre, of Greenville, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 37W · Line 23

Position of Panel 37W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
Unit (as recorded)
A BTRY 6 BN 15 ARTY II FF
Born
November 28, 1942
Home of record
Greenville, California (Plumas County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 2, 1968
Age
26
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 37W, Line 23

From Greenville

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.