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ARTHUR RICHARD EWING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1946 – September 27, 1967
Service recordArthur Richard Ewing, of Roosevelt, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Roosevelt, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 19
- CHARLES WESLEY DANIELS JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JOSE ANIBAL FLORESPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH GALLAGHERSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
From Roosevelt
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.