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ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEOD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1946 – February 12, 1971
Service recordArthur Edward McLeod, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 100
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 100
- JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZISpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- JAMES GARLAND SIDDONSCaptain · February 12, 1971
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
- EDWARD SIMON WISSIGStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 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.