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IGNACIO DURAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1944 – May 30, 1968
Service recordIgnacio Duran, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 26, 1944
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 15
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- GERALD ALAN COLLISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JAMES DAVISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DRAEMERLance Corporal · May 30, 1968
- BILLIE HOWARD FULK JRSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.