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JACK CECIL DUFF JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1941 – April 7, 1967
Service recordJack Cecil Duff JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 115
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 115
- JAMES P BOYDPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- BRUCE WAYMAN CADELance Corporal · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD GERARD COURTEAUSergeant · April 7, 1967
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.