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WILLIAM FRANK DUFFNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1944 – May 22, 1970
Service recordWilliam Frank Duffner, of Cohoes, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 79
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Cohoes, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 79
- ANTHONY LAURENCE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS DONAHUEStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · May 22, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HARTLSergeant · May 22, 1970
From Cohoes
- JOHN JOSEPH LANDORLance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH FRAZIER JRLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS RAZZANOPetty Officer Second Class · August 21, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES HINESCorporal · August 24, 1970
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.