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JAMES ROBERT DUNCAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1943 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Duncan, of Fremont, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 82
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM H ELMORE JRFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 84
- JAMES EMORY MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 86
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 88
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 89
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 90
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 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.