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ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1947 – July 21, 1967
Service recordArthur M Driggers JR, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 99
- PAUL LOUIS DOMKESergeant · July 21, 1967
- WILLIAM M DUNCANFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- DONALD FRED FEEPetty Officer Second Class · July 21, 1967
- STANLEY FERBOSLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
From North Charleston
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 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.