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ARTHUR WILLIAM MEYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – August 21, 1968
Service recordArthur William Meyer, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HUBERT WILLIAM MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- STEVEN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEON BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 14
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 14
- DANNY LEE BLAKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 15
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 15
- BRUCE EUGENE BARTLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 16
- FRED ALLEN CHITWOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 16
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · Panel 47W, Line 16
- JERRY WAYNE COMBESTSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 16
- RICHARD A DAMSCHEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 17
- GARY LEE DOBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 17
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 17
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 18
- MAINOR DAVID LANG JRSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 19
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 19
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 20
- HUBERT WILLIAM MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 20
- STEVEN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 20
- JESUS RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD RUSH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 22
- JOHN ERNEST RUSSELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 22
- DELBERT RAY STOGSDILLPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 23
- MARVIN REX YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 24
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.