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ARTHUR CLARENCE TOWNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1941 – June 9, 1968
Service recordArthur Clarence Townson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 15
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Born
- April 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 15
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LOREN STOEHRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.