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ARTHUR EUGENE BEDAL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
June 28, 1938 – August 16, 1963
Service recordArthur Eugene Bedal, of Tarzana, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 16, 1963, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 26
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Tarzana, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1963
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1963; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 26
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD GORDON LOGANMajor · August 23, 1963
From Tarzana
- DAVID HENRY WILSON IISpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREWSergeant · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 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.