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ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – August 4, 1970
Service recordArthur Frederick Gleim JR, of Aptos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Aptos, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 82
- GLENN RAYMOND GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · August 4, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN RAYMOND GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 82
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 82
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 82
From Aptos
- MARK LANE CORRIEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE SOMMERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.