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JAMES PAUL DUNCAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1952 – January 30, 1971
Service recordJames Paul Duncan, of Checotah, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 68
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1952
- Home of record
- Checotah, Oklahoma (Mcintosh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 68
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARLOWSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- HAROLD EDWIN BIRKYFireman · January 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN CHARLES ELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 69
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 69
From Checotah
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- JERRY LEROY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD OSBORNSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · September 6, 1968
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.