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JAMES ALLYN DUENSING
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 11, 1943 – January 30, 1973
Service recordJames Allyn Duensing, of Los Altos, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 30, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- FITRON 21 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- October 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Altos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1973
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “FITRON 21 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 113
- MARK ALLAN PETERSONCaptain · January 27, 1973
- JOHN ONEAL RUCKERSergeant · January 27, 1973
- ROY ELBERT HAVILANDLieutenant (junior grade) · January 30, 1973
Same unit, same day
- ROY ELBERT HAVILANDLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 1W, Line 113
From Los Altos
- MICHAEL CHARLES DELACYCorporal · November 16, 1965
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- JOSEPH LESTER HARTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
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.