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WILLIAM WHITBY DUCK
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 16, 1936 – October 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Whitby Duck, of Quincy, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Quincy, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 43
- MARK ANDREW BATEMANCorporal · October 3, 1967
- ARTHUR RAYMOND COUGHLINCaptain · October 3, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WALLACE W HOPKINS JRSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
From Quincy
- ROSEVELT SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · April 7, 1968
- GARY EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ALTO ANDERSON JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1968
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.