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ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – May 15, 1967
Service recordArthur C Mourtgis JR, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 2
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES RUDOLPH MILTON JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- HOMER JULIUS MYERSCorporal · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 127
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · Panel 20E, Line 3
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
- GILBERT THOMAS BEAUPRESpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
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.