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ARTHUR REGO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1944 – January 26, 1966
Service recordArthur Rego, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ALENN MERRITT TATEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
From Nutley
- RICHARD STANLEY BATESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 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.