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ERIC THOMAS DUFFER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1950 – March 1, 1969
Service recordEric Thomas Duffer, of Gallatin, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 1
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- RAY RENE DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- LEONARD PETER DEINLEINLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
From Gallatin
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · January 8, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
- OLLIE EDWARD CRENSHAW JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1972
- RONALD DWIGHT PERRYCaptain · December 20, 1972
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.