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ARTHUR MELVIN GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – November 25, 1965
Service recordArthur Melvin Gordon, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 113
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- DALE LEE FUNKSpecialist Four · November 25, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE BLYTHESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 112
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · Panel 3E, Line 113
- DALE LEE FUNKSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 113
From Vicksburg
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
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.