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WILLIAM DUANE KAYGA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – August 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Duane Kayga, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 107
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · August 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MILANOPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 107
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 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.