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ARTHUR STEWART MEARNS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 12, 1929 – November 11, 1966
Service recordArthur Stewart Mearns, of Great Neck, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 11, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Great Neck, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 55
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- ARNOLD ATWOOD LUNDColonel · November 11, 1966
From Great Neck
- THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- KENNETH MICHAEL MONTONESergeant · September 21, 1967
- ANTON D BLOEMHARDFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.