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WILLIAM M DUNCAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1943 – July 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam M Duncan, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 99
- PAUL LOUIS DOMKESergeant · July 21, 1967
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- DONALD FRED FEEPetty Officer Second Class · July 21, 1967
- STANLEY FERBOSLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.