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ARTHUR VINCENT MCLAUGHLIN JR
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 11, 1934 – December 20, 1972
Service recordArthur Vincent McLaughlin JR, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 20, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 307 STRAT WG
- Born
- March 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 20, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “307 STRAT WG”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 96
- ROBERT MELVIN DOWPetty Officer First Class · December 19, 1972
- FRANCIS XAVIER EGANCaptain · December 19, 1972
- CHARLIE SHERMAN POOLEChief Master Sergeant · December 19, 1972
- LARRY DEAN SCHUMACHERAirman Apprentice · December 19, 1972
Same unit, same day
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · Panel 1W, Line 97
- RANDOLPH ALLEN PERRY JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 97
- JOHN FRANKLIN STUARTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 97
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
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.