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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Allen Lee Arthur.

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ALLEN LEE ARTHUR

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

November 23, 1942 – October 27, 1967

Service record

Allen Lee Arthur, of Serena, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 28E · Line 78

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Administrative Man (0141)
Born
November 23, 1942
Home of record
Serena, Illinois (La Salle County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 27, 1967
Age
24
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 28E, Line 78

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.