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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 5263" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Duncan </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Edward </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Advisory Team 21,MACV Advisors (22 ARVN Ranger Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>234645094 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3rd March 1971 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em> Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></em></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Point Pleasant,West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.7.1940 Mason County,West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Dale Albert Duncan (1910-1956)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Delphia Minerva (nee Viers) Duncan (1912-1983)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>BDQ Adv Team TD22,Adv Team 21,HQ,MACV Advisors</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Kontum Province,South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>body not recovered </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 19 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-duncan.35079/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35079-0553c758885eef99df5b76a6a29180b1.jpg?1614455404" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-duncan.14256/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/14/14256-48512e50dc692128a8910a5dda2dcd53.jpg?1591399111" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>On 3 March 1971 1Lt. Orie J. Dubbeld and SFC James E. Duncan were serving as advisors to the 22nd ARVN Ranger Battalion. The unit they were advising was conducting a reinforced search and destroy mission.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">During the mission, their unit came under a heavy and accurate small arms and mortar attack from a concealed enemy force of unknown size. Orie Dubbeld and James Duncan rapidly took shelter in a depression they used for a foxhole.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">During the ensuing firefight, an enemy mortar round landed directly in the foxhole where 1st Lt. Dubbeld and SFC Duncan were located. An ARVN medical officer immediately moved to the foxhole to examine both Americans.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">He stated that Orie Dubbeld was killed instantly and that James Duncan died a few minutes later. After confirming their deaths, the medical officer continued moving to other locations within the ARVN Ranger's perimeter identifying other dead and treating the wounded.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Later in the chaos of battle, the ARVN commander determined their position was no longer tenable. Under intense fire, he ordered the surviving patrol to pull back.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The Rangers attempted to carry the bodies of their dead and wounded with them, however, the fighting was so intense they found it was necessary to bury their dead in shallow graves before breaking contact with the advancing communist force.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">During the unit's after action debriefing, the ARVN medical officer confirmed that the mortar shell that struck their position killed 1st Lt. Dubbeld and SFC Duncan.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">He, as well as other surviving members of the patrol, gave specific information about the location of where the American and ARVN soldiers were buried.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Due to the continuing heavy communist presence in the area, no ground search and recovery (SAR) operation was possible.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>At the time of loss, Orie Dubbeld and James Duncan were immediately listed Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 5263, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Duncan [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]James Edward [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Advisory Team 21,MACV Advisors (22 ARVN Ranger Bn) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sergeant First Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]234645094 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]3rd March 1971 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]30 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I] Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][I][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B][/I] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Point Pleasant,West Virginia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 11.7.1940 Mason County,West Virginia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father Dale Albert Duncan (1910-1956)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mother Delphia Minerva (nee Viers) Duncan (1912-1983)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]BDQ Adv Team TD22,Adv Team 21,HQ,MACV Advisors[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award Silver Star[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Kontum Province,South Vietnam[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]body not recovered [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 19 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-duncan.35079/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35079-0553c758885eef99df5b76a6a29180b1.jpg?1614455404[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-duncan.14256/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/14/14256-48512e50dc692128a8910a5dda2dcd53.jpg?1591399111[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]On 3 March 1971 1Lt. Orie J. Dubbeld and SFC James E. Duncan were serving as advisors to the 22nd ARVN Ranger Battalion. The unit they were advising was conducting a reinforced search and destroy mission.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]During the mission, their unit came under a heavy and accurate small arms and mortar attack from a concealed enemy force of unknown size. Orie Dubbeld and James Duncan rapidly took shelter in a depression they used for a foxhole.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]During the ensuing firefight, an enemy mortar round landed directly in the foxhole where 1st Lt. Dubbeld and SFC Duncan were located. An ARVN medical officer immediately moved to the foxhole to examine both Americans.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]He stated that Orie Dubbeld was killed instantly and that James Duncan died a few minutes later. After confirming their deaths, the medical officer continued moving to other locations within the ARVN Ranger's perimeter identifying other dead and treating the wounded.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Later in the chaos of battle, the ARVN commander determined their position was no longer tenable. Under intense fire, he ordered the surviving patrol to pull back.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The Rangers attempted to carry the bodies of their dead and wounded with them, however, the fighting was so intense they found it was necessary to bury their dead in shallow graves before breaking contact with the advancing communist force.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]During the unit's after action debriefing, the ARVN medical officer confirmed that the mortar shell that struck their position killed 1st Lt. Dubbeld and SFC Duncan.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]He, as well as other surviving members of the patrol, gave specific information about the location of where the American and ARVN soldiers were buried.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Due to the continuing heavy communist presence in the area, no ground search and recovery (SAR) operation was possible.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]At the time of loss, Orie Dubbeld and James Duncan were immediately listed Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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