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ARTHUR F MCQUADE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1949 – April 29, 1968
Service recordArthur F McQuade JR, of Barrington, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Barrington, Rhode Island (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 5
- GEORGE LATHANPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DONALD L MUSSELMANSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN NYSTROMPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 45
From Barrington
- VICTOR PATRICK ANDREOZZILance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
- GARY LUCKY STEPHENSONCorporal · August 12, 1969
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.