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MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordMelvin Lloyd McArthur, of Waterford, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 35
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 35
- WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1968
- STEVEN EARL WILDMANHospitalman · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
From Waterford
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS VINCENT DAILEYSenior Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD DORSE JRCorporal · January 7, 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.