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ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1947 – July 24, 1967
Service recordArthur Eric Fishenden, of Hollis, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 117
- CLIFFORD L RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH VIRGILIOCorporal · July 24, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WALKERSergeant · July 24, 1967
- RODERICK LEE WEISSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
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.