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ARTHUR GERALD QUALLS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – May 20, 1970
Service recordArthur Gerald Qualls, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 72
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 72
- PAUL BRUCE LAMBERTSONSpecialist Five · May 20, 1970
- CRAIG RATHBUNCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHNNY JEROME SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- DAVID LORENZO VIGILPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSH KELSO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 70
- PAUL BRUCE LAMBERTSONSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 72
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.