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JUAN CHAIRES DURAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1945 – October 13, 1968
Service recordJuan Chaires Duran JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 57
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- AL DOUGLAS CORBOLance Corporal · October 13, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LENORD DRUSCHELPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL RUDOLPH PLUMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 60
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.