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JOSEPH DAVID DUELK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – June 14, 1968
Service recordJoseph David Duelk JR, of Monroe, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE DENNEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- JOHNNIE LAMAR DOUGLASSergeant · June 14, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSONCorporal · June 14, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARVON FLOYDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DAVID GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 18
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 20
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.