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ROBERT LEE DUNCAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Duncan, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 58
- FRANK ALTON ARMSTRONG IIIMajor · October 6, 1967
- PETER BROWN COOK JRCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- EARL DINGLESpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 56
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 57
- CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 61
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.