More detail on this person: Lieutenant Colonel David Dukes, U. S. Army Retired, 83, of
Jonesborough, died March 4, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center.
He was the son of the late Dennis Dukes and Mildred Sutherland of Memphis, TN.
LTC Dukes was a 1951 Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Tennessee. He retired from
the Army in 1971 after more than twenty years of service and was a Korean and Vietnam War veteran.
LTC Dukes was the recipient of the Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal,
the Meritorious Service Medal, The Air Medal with eleven Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Occupation
Medal (Japan), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations
Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Korean War Service
Medal.
He was a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, a Senior Army Aviator, and has
served on the Army General Staff.
After retirement from the Army, LTC Dukes was a teacher and administrator in the Washington County
School System.
He was a graduate of Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, TN.
He attended East Tennessee State University and received Masters of Arts Degrees in both Reading
and Educational Administration.
LTC Dukes was a member of Central Baptist Church, Johnson City.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: his wife, Janis Hale Dukes; one daughter,
Amanda Dukes; and a grandson, David Ashton York.
Survivors include his daughter, Dana York, and his granddaughter, Amanda York.
The family of LTC David Dukes will receive friends from 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM Thursday in the
Central Baptist Church Welcome Corridor. The funeral service will follow at 1:30 PM in the church
sanctuary. Rev. Gene Elliott will officiate. Following the funeral service, family and friends will
proceed to the U. S. National Cemetery, Mountain Home for committal services at 2:30 PM.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to the Children's Ministry of
Central Baptist Church, 300 N. Roan St., Johnson City, TN 37601 or WUOT Public Radio, 209
Communications Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-0322 which he helped found when he was a student at the
University of Tennessee.
Memories and condolences may be shared via www.morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, is serving
the Dukes family. (423) 282-1521
This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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