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ARTHUR JOSEPH WHITNEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordArthur Joseph Whitney JR, of Ketchikan, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 7 BN 13 ARTY 41ARTY GRP
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Ketchikan, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 47
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- GREGORY WAYNE WOODSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
From Ketchikan
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMPSONCorporal · July 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.