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JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1949 – August 31, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Duckworth, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 26
- DAVID GLENN CHANEYPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- JOHN LEE ERVINSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- HORSE CONRAD LEE FLYINGLance Corporal · August 31, 1970
- NICHOLAS C STEFANICHSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 27
- CHARLES PHILLIP HUTTONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 27
- GARY RAYMOND METZCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 28
From Cullman
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.