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THOMAS WAYNE DUKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Wayne Duke, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Supply And Parts Specialist (76B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 20
- FRANK CESARE DEUSEBIOFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN DEVORE JRSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY FERAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.