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ALLEN RAY ARNOLD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordAllen Ray Arnold, of Denison, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 62
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Denison, Iowa (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 62
- WILLIAM FRANK ANSELMOStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN IRA ALECKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RAMON JAIME ARROYOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- JAMES LINWOOD AVERYLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
From Denison
- LARRY PAUL BLACKMANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 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.