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ARTHUR NELSON KANGAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1945 – May 7, 1970
Service recordArthur Nelson Kangas, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 124
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 124
- THOMAS EARL HASLETCorporal · May 7, 1970
- LAWRENCE JOHN HERMAN IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ERAY HOWELLSergeant · May 7, 1970
- LLOYD WILNER JACKSONSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 120
- EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 120
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 121
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.