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KURT WILLIAM DUNCAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordKurt William Duncan, of Princeton, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Princeton, Minnesota (Mille Lacs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 35
- STEVE JULIUS DOCKERYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN DONALDSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL ANGEL FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Princeton
- STEPHAN JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL ALFRED MATHISONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.