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ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – May 5, 1969
Service recordArthur T Mallinckrodt JR, of New Franklin, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New Franklin, Missouri (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 7
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH MAHERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- BARRIE MYRON NEWTONLance Corporal · May 5, 1969
- HENRY CHARLES RAMSEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEROY JAMES GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 5
- MARTIN JOSEPH MAHERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 7
From New Franklin
- JAMES WILLIAM AGNEWSergeant · April 3, 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.