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RICHARD THORNTON ARTHUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – March 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Thornton Arthur, of Ona, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ona, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 64
- JOHN MICHAEL TOMKINSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- BEN HAROLD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 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.