It was like that from his early days in Boiling Springs, where he hung around pool halls.

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During his sophomore year in high school, he reached out to Northbrook Baptist Church in Boiling Springs for help.

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Teachers at Boiling Springs High say he returned repeatedly, in uniform, to the campus to renew acquaintances and sing the praises of the Marine Corps.

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In interviews with The Associated Press, friends and family members described Duncan as a man who grew up in a working class family in Boiling Springs, a rural area at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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