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JAMES PATRICK DUFFY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Duffy JR, of Brunswick, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 102
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 102
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · May 25, 1969
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE NEIL SAVINOPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 107
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 108
From Brunswick
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE BEWLEYCorporal · February 21, 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.