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ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – August 27, 1968
Service recordArthur Ologue Soto, of Selma, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 45
- JIMMIE JENKINS RICHARDSONCorporal · August 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN SNYDERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE STOCKBURGERCaptain · August 27, 1968
- JAMES DONALD WAGSTAFFPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL RAY GRINESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 41
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.