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ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1942 – January 14, 1967
Service recordArthur Russell Legrow JR, of Revere, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 28
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Revere, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 28
- HARRY LEWIS MARIONSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL MCPHERSONSpecialist Five · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- JUNIOR RAY MORGANLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 26
- ROBERT CLARK FERRISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 26
- ROGER PAUL GALLANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 27
From Revere
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1969
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · June 10, 1970
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.