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ARTHUR EMMITT LIKENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1946 – February 29, 1972
Service recordArthur Emmitt Likens, of Portland, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 112
- ROBERT LEE DAUGHERTYSergeant · February 26, 1972
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
- TERRY LEE BROWNCorporal · March 6, 1972
- ERICK RUDOLPH WELENOFSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1972
From Portland
- RAYMOND EARL WRIGHTCorporal · July 16, 1968
- JAMES D HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
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.