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ARTHUR THOMAS PFEFER
Captain · U.S. Army
March 8, 1943 – July 25, 1969
Service recordArthur Thomas Pfefer, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 45
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Real Estate Officer (4312)
- Born
- March 8, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 45
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
- ALAN PAUL SANDOVALPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL LEONARD STPIERREPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.