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ARTHUR QUEZADA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – June 18, 1968
Service recordArthur Quezada, of Trona, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 27
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Trona, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 27
- ANDREW JOSE PACHECOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN RAVENCRAFTStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- RANDY STEPHEN SCHELLSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH CIMORELLI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 20
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 23
From Trona
- JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · March 7, 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.