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ARSELL WHITLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – July 1, 1967
Service recordArsell Whitley, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 93
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- MELVIN ROY WRIGHTLance Corporal · July 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL OWEN BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 90
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 93
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.