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ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1943 – August 5, 1967
Service recordArleigh Francis Felch, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- October 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 81
- KENNETH DANIEL HAASLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- HARRY BERNARD MCFADDENPlatoon Sergeant · August 5, 1967
- PHILIP GORDON ONKALOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- ROMAN HENRY LEICHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
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.