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JOHN DOUGLAS MCARTHUR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1943 – July 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Douglas McArthur, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 77
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 77
- WILBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- PERLUM M PARKER JRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- ANGEL L RODRIGUEZ-COTTOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TONY HARPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 76
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.