Melvin Darold Duty

Specialist Four
HHC, 1ST BN, 28TH INF RGT, 1 INF DIV
Army of the United States
17 June 1947 - 06 November 1966
Monroe, MI
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1 INF DIV

28TH INF RGT 		National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Melvin Darold Duty

22 Jan 2002

I was 16 years old when I heard the news that Melvin Duty was killed in Vietnam. I will never forget the tears from our family and the broken hearts.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Eight men died in the crash of a UH-1D (tail number 64-13883):
  • 254th Med Det, USARV
    • PFC Anthony J. Gadda, Hackensack, NJ

  • A Co, 1st Avn Bn
    • SP4 Paul C. Hamby, Brandon, SC
    • SP4 Edward P. Stefanik, Chicopee Falls, MA

  • HHC, 1st Bn, 28th Inf Rgt
    • MAJ William A. Hendon, Mannsville, OK
    • SMAJ James H. Shannon, Bogue Chitto, MS
    • SP4 Melvin D. Duty, Monroe, MI
    • SP4 Thomas J. Klemp, Reedsburg, WI
    • PFC Lawrence E. Fowler, Anderson, IN


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his cousins,
the Schmelz family
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22 Jan 2002


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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