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PAUL DOUGLAS DUKES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1950 – August 31, 1969
Service recordPaul Douglas Dukes, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 14
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT IVAN COXSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
- DAVID JERRY GIVENSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- LAWRENCE WALTER GLOVERChief Petty Officer · August 31, 1969
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.