Robert Ray Duncan

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 85
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromWest Palm Beach Florida
Date of DeathAugust 29 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Duncan was a member of Attack Squadron 85, Carrier Air Wing 6 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS AMERICA (CVA-66). On August 29, 1968, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6B) on an armed reconnaissance in the Vinh Son area of North Vietnam when his aircraft was hit by a surface to air missile and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.