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LEON TIMOTHY DUNCAN
Private · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – June 17, 1969
Service recordLeon Timothy Duncan, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 64
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 64
- MICHAEL DAVID DAWSONLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- JOSEPH DAVID FOURNIERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.