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ARTHURO CARRASCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1946 – June 9, 1969
Service recordArthuro Carrasco, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 118
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 118
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JAMES NELSON CLARKPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- DARELL LEE COVINGTONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 2
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 8
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.