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GARY LEE DUGGAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1939 – April 1, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Duggan, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 103
- LAWRENCE THEODORE ANDREWSLance Corporal · April 1, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JAMES LUTHER HALLCorporal · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LELAND STEPHEN CROWLEY JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 102
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
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.