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ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1949 – November 20, 1968
Service recordArthur J Heringhausen JR, of Oregon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 18
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Oregon, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 18
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- DANNY CHARLES HUDSONSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 16
- GARY DON PAGANSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 19
- MICHAEL DEAN REIFFSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 20
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Oregon
- SCOTT DENNIS CORRELLOPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · March 16, 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.