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ARTHUR DONALD EDGERTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordArthur Donald Edgerton JR, of Hayward, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 34
- WILLIAM RICHARD CORCORANCorporal · August 17, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH MILLERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- WILBERT HOYT NEAL JRSergeant · August 17, 1968
- RAYFORD NELSONCorporal · August 17, 1968
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.