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ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1943 – January 17, 1968
Service recordArthur Dwight Singleton, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 65
- KENNETH RAY BELSARPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MIKE RALPH VELASCOSergeant · January 17, 1968
- ROBERT FREDERICK WILKEColonel · January 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
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.