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ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – September 21, 1966
Service recordArthur Carl Alterwisher, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 127
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- JOHN OLIVER FREEMANPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH AUGUSTUS FRIELPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- CARLTON GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 127
- LOUIS CLARK HINESSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 129
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 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.