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LARRY WADE DUKE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordLarry Wade Duke, of Summerville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Radio Operator (2571)
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Summerville, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 103
- KENNETH WILLIAM COWSERTPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM DEANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
From Summerville
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
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.