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ARTHUR DALE SINKSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordArthur Dale Sinksen, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 16
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · June 2, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 1969
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.