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ARTHUR BROXTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1931 – June 2, 1966
Service recordArthur Broxton JR, of Starke, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Starke, Florida (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 132
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- KENNETH BERNARD SYKESPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · June 2, 1966
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 133
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 133
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 134
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 1
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 1
From Starke
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLERSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 1970
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.