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ARTHUR A GLEASON
Private · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – April 9, 1967
Service recordArthur A Gleason, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 4
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · April 9, 1967
- DOUGLAS C HOLLANDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE HOLROYDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 2
- DOUGLAS C HOLLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 4
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 5
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.