Edward Lavelle Duncan Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Edward Lavelle Duncan

State of Birth:

KS

Home State:

TX

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1943-1946

Entrance into Service

Commissioned

Branch of Service

Merchant Marine

Unit of Service

SS Carter Braxton; SS Benjamin Brewster; SS Horace Williams

Location of Service

Tunisia; Algeria; Italy; France; Belgium; Wales; Mediterranean; Brooklyn, New York; Norfolk, Virginia

Highest Rank

Lieutenant Junior Grade

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: CD [0 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [33 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Photograph: Digital print [3 items] -- Photograph

Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files

Interviewer:

Janet Player

Contributor:

Janet Player

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/83197

Subjects:

Duncan, Edward Lavelle

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Merchant Marine.

Cite as:

Edward Lavelle Duncan Collection
(AFC/2001/001/83197), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress