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EDWARD KENNETH DUEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1948 – October 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Kenneth Duel, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 11
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- GERARD COYLEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- LESTER ALLAN DOANSpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
- DICKIE WAINE FINLEYStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 11
- JAMES PATRICK GULIESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 12
From Hamden
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- OSCAR BIEHL JRCaptain · May 30, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 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.