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ARTHUR WEBSTER MACHEN III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1949 – December 1, 1970
Service recordArthur Webster Machen III, of Ruxton, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Ruxton, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 102
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 1970
- JOE MAURICIO PALACIOPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · December 1, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
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.