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JOSEPH WILLIE DUNCAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordJoseph Willie Duncan, of Millers Creek, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Millers Creek, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 8
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · February 14, 1970
- KENNETH LEON DELANEYSergeant · February 14, 1970
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- GARY LEE GIOVANNELLISeaman · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 7
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 7
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 8
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 8
- WAYNE DABNEY MCRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 11
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 12
- GARY SMITHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- FERDINAND J SOCHUREK IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 12
- EARL CARL E TIDWELL JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 13
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.