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ARTHUR LOUIS WALDORF
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1946 – May 22, 1968
Service recordArthur Louis Waldorf, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Comm/Nav/Radar Systems Tech, Ea-6 (6313)
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 3
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.