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ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1945 – June 5, 1966
Service recordArthur James Russell, of Delight, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Delight, Arkansas (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 12
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN OLDSAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- LESTER LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 11
- LESTER LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 12
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 13
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.