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WILLIAM JAY DUNCAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – June 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jay Duncan, of Fox Lake, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Fox Lake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- COLIE ETHERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- CLEM CALVIN GILESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RICKIE LUKERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 9
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 10
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 17
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 18
From Fox Lake
- ARTHUR BARNETT EUSTACE JRSergeant · June 26, 1965
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD JARANSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 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.