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WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHUR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1950 – June 19, 1970
Service recordWilliam Prescott Arthur, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Fitzgerald, Georgia (Ben Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 67
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JERRY JOE ALLENCorporal · June 19, 1970
- GORDON GUY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JOHN RODMAN BLOSCHICHAKLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
From Fitzgerald
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SPIRESLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 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.