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ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordArthur Elliott Null JR, of Nevada, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Nevada, Missouri (Vernon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JAMES OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL PALUMBOSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 29
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 29
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · Panel 58E, Line 31
- LEONARD JAMES DALMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 59E, Line 3
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Nevada
- WALTER C B MORANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1972
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.