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ROY RAYMOND DUKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1950 – March 3, 1971
Service recordRoy Raymond Dukes, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 18
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 18
- LESLIE CLYDE HICKSSergeant · March 2, 1971
- ANDREW JOSEPH TOTH JRPetty Officer First Class · March 2, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
- ORIE JOHN DUBBELD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.