First Lieutenant
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 5th Armored Division
United States Army
A cenotaph for him is located at Springdale Cemetery in the family plot where his father and paternal grandparents are buried at Clinton, Iowa.
He entered the service from his home state of Illinois.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was the son of Arthur W. Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson Duncan.
On January 8, 1944 as Malcolm W. Duncan, he married Merikay Howard at Winnetka Christ Church at Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois.
They had no children.
Chicago Daily Tribune
Saturday, September 2, 1944
The death of 1st Lieut. Malcolm Whitlock Duncan, 27 an officer in the armored forces who was killed in action in France on August 11 was announced yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Arthur W. Duncan, 1170 Scott Street, Winnetka. He also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Merikay Howard Duncan, whom he married January 8 and a brother, Arthur W. Duncan, Jr. Lieut. Duncan, who was inducted June 19, 1941 was commissioned at Fort Knox, Kentucky in September 1942.
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 5th Armored Division
United States Army
A cenotaph for him is located at Springdale Cemetery in the family plot where his father and paternal grandparents are buried at Clinton, Iowa.
He entered the service from his home state of Illinois.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was the son of Arthur W. Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson Duncan.
On January 8, 1944 as Malcolm W. Duncan, he married Merikay Howard at Winnetka Christ Church at Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois.
They had no children.
Chicago Daily Tribune
Saturday, September 2, 1944
The death of 1st Lieut. Malcolm Whitlock Duncan, 27 an officer in the armored forces who was killed in action in France on August 11 was announced yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Arthur W. Duncan, 1170 Scott Street, Winnetka. He also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Merikay Howard Duncan, whom he married January 8 and a brother, Arthur W. Duncan, Jr. Lieut. Duncan, who was inducted June 19, 1941 was commissioned at Fort Knox, Kentucky in September 1942.
First Lieutenant
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 5th Armored Division
United States Army
A cenotaph for him is located at Springdale Cemetery in the family plot where his father and paternal grandparents are buried at Clinton, Iowa.
He entered the service from his home state of Illinois.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was the son of Arthur W. Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson Duncan.
On January 8, 1944 as Malcolm W. Duncan, he married Merikay Howard at Winnetka Christ Church at Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois.
They had no children.
Chicago Daily Tribune
Saturday, September 2, 1944
The death of 1st Lieut. Malcolm Whitlock Duncan, 27 an officer in the armored forces who was killed in action in France on August 11 was announced yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Arthur W. Duncan, 1170 Scott Street, Winnetka. He also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Merikay Howard Duncan, whom he married January 8 and a brother, Arthur W. Duncan, Jr. Lieut. Duncan, who was inducted June 19, 1941 was commissioned at Fort Knox, Kentucky in September 1942.
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 5th Armored Division
United States Army
A cenotaph for him is located at Springdale Cemetery in the family plot where his father and paternal grandparents are buried at Clinton, Iowa.
He entered the service from his home state of Illinois.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was the son of Arthur W. Duncan and Elizabeth Wilson Duncan.
On January 8, 1944 as Malcolm W. Duncan, he married Merikay Howard at Winnetka Christ Church at Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois.
They had no children.
Chicago Daily Tribune
Saturday, September 2, 1944
The death of 1st Lieut. Malcolm Whitlock Duncan, 27 an officer in the armored forces who was killed in action in France on August 11 was announced yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Arthur W. Duncan, 1170 Scott Street, Winnetka. He also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Merikay Howard Duncan, whom he married January 8 and a brother, Arthur W. Duncan, Jr. Lieut. Duncan, who was inducted June 19, 1941 was commissioned at Fort Knox, Kentucky in September 1942.
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Malcolm W. Duncan
1LT 85 CAV RCN SQ 5 ARMD DIV
ILLINOIS Aug 11 1944
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Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
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