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WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Arthur Duncan, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 99
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
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 99
- ALAN EVERETT DICKEYSergeant · November 20, 1969
- FRED ANTONY EXNER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1969
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 97
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 98
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 98
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 99
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 100
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · Panel 16W, Line 101
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 101
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 103
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.