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ROBERT LAMAR MCARTHUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – January 31, 1970
Service recordRobert Lamar McArthur, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 85
- PAUL H CARDENAS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL MADERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- RICARDO MENDIOLACorporal · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE HEMKEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 84
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.