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MELVIN DAROLD DUTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – November 6, 1966
Service recordMelvin Darold Duty, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 1 BN 28 INF 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 1 BN 28 INF 1 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 33
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ATTLEE HENDONMajor · Panel 12E, Line 34
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.