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ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1945 – October 17, 1966
Service recordArthur Mitchell Downs, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 83
- ROBERT WILSON KRALLLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- JAMES CALEB LAMBERT JRLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
From Brunswick
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.