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JOHN DAVID DUNCAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 19, 1945 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJohn David Duncan, of Needham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Needham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 67
- RICHARD ALBERT DORIASpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · August 19, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN NORLEE FLANIGANCaptain · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 66
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 70
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 72
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Needham
- JAMES FREDERICK HILTZStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1963
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEYSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS BOUCHETPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · August 31, 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.