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JOHNNY ARTHUR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – June 10, 1971
Service recordJohnny Arthur, of Fruitland, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Fruitland, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 71
- MICHAEL MORAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1971
- HUGH AMES SEXTON JRSergeant · June 9, 1971
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 9, 1971
- CARL WARDEN BREWSTERSergeant · June 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 72
From Fruitland
- ZANE EVERETT JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
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.