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TIMOTHY JOSEPH DUNCAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 18, 1931 – October 4, 1968
Service recordTimothy Joseph Duncan, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Topographic Surveyor (82D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 4
- GEORGE MILTON CLAYTON JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CORRIGANSergeant · October 4, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH CZAJAK JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD GISEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.