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HENRY LEE MCARTHUR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1950 – May 26, 1969
Service recordHenry Lee McArthur, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 112
- ERIC DARYL NADEAUSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- GEORGE HOBERT NOECorporal · May 26, 1969
- EUAN JOHN ERNEST PARKERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 112
From Fuquay-Varina
- JOHN STANFORD COLLIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- JESSE LEONARD WESTStaff Sergeant · March 19, 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.