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MERLE L DUEMAN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1923 – September 17, 1967
Service recordMerle L Dueman, of Inglewood, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 83
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1923
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 83
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- WALTER EUGENE ELLISPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.