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EDWARD FRANCIS DUNCAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1944 – March 9, 1966
Service recordEdward Francis Duncan, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 131
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.