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ARTHUR CLIFFORD PEDERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1946 – February 28, 1966
Service recordArthur Clifford Pederson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 90
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 90
- JAMES GEORGE PATZWALLSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.