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ARTHUR SEABROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordArthur Seabrooks, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 48
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 48
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · August 18, 1968
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS SLACK JRCorporal · August 18, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · Panel 48W, Line 45
- LARRY DOUGLAS NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 46
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 49
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.