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ARTHUR DARNELL NEAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – July 2, 1970
Service recordArthur Darnell Neal, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 112
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 112
- JAMES R MERZ JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1970
- DAVID BRUCE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1970
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE MOORECorporal · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 110
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 111
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 113
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.