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ARTHUR TOMASCHEK
Captain · U.S. Army
January 6, 1946 – September 1, 1971
Service recordArthur Tomaschek, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1971, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 7
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 7
- FREDERIC C SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1971
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · September 1, 1971
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · September 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 7
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 7
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.