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ARTHUR RAY MCFARLAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordArthur Ray McFarland, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 18
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
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 18
- MICHAEL P LYDENSergeant · May 15, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · May 15, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · May 15, 1969
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 15
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 18
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.