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JOHN FRANK DUARTE JR
Private · U.S. Army
December 28, 1944 – October 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Frank Duarte JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 27
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 27
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN GOREPetty Officer First Class · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE GORSUCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ALLEN BENJAMIN GOYNE JRCorporal · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HARLAN KRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 29
- CLYDE ALLEN WENRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 32
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.