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DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1944 – November 18, 1966
Service recordDuncan Edward Bass JR, of Live Oak, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Live Oak, Florida (Suwannee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 84
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JAMES SILAS GILBERTPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SILAS GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 84
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 85
From Live Oak
- OTTO WAYNE AUESergeant · October 15, 1968
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.