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THOMAS LESTER DUKES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 15, 1946 – July 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Lester Dukes, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 111
- ROBERT HOWARD BURGESSPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1969
- RONALD DAVID CHALOUSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM COLECorporal · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS F FANNING JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WAYNE BRADBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 110
- ROBERT EARL WORRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 114
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.