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THOMAS DAVID DUNCAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1944 – November 1, 1965
Service recordThomas David Duncan, of Attalla, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Attalla, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 11
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 11
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 11
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 11
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 13
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
From Attalla
- AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- GLENN EDWARD SANDERSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
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.