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ARTHUR GENE ECKLUND
Major · U.S. Army
May 5, 1943 – April 3, 1969
Service recordArthur Gene Ecklund, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 3, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 6
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 3, 1969
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 6
- ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSONSergeant · April 3, 1969
- D J KELSEYSergeant First Class · April 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KLCOSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE VAIL THOMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 7
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.