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HERBERT J ARTIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 19, 1931 – June 27, 1971
Service recordHerbert J Artis, of Rose Hill, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 27, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Rose Hill, North Carolina (Duplin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 90
- JOHN LESTER SONESSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · June 27, 1971
From Rose Hill
- JAMES JUNA JOHNSONCorporal · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Five · 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.